Self-healing gel ice cup without melting
Technical Field
The invention relates to an ice cup, in particular to an infusible self-healing gel ice cup.
Background
Along with the improvement of the living quality of people, the demand on catering articles is also diversified day by day, and ice tableware is required to have the visual sense touch feeling of ice and snow and also has good use experience. There are two main types of ice cups on the market at present: the first is prepared by injecting purified water into a mold, freezing and demolding. The second type of cup body is composed of two layers of plastic, metal or ceramic, wherein the interlayer is filled with liquid, and after the cup body is placed into a refrigerator for freezing, the interlayer liquid is solidified and is used for cooling the contents in the cup. The first ice cup is made of real ice, is easy to melt and lose at room temperature, and the real ice is very high in brittleness and poor in toughness, so that the ice cup is easy to break; meanwhile, the true ice cannot be repaired after being broken, and the ice cup loses the function of serving as a container after being melted, so that the service life is extremely short, and the repeated utilization cannot be realized. The second ice cup has no adjustable transmittance and can not be self-healed due to the limitation of the cup body material.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide an infusible self-healing gel ice cup.
The self-healing gel ice cup without melting is characterized in that the ice cup is made of a self-healing hydrogel material through mold forming.
Further, the self-healing hydrogel material is prepared from a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or polyacrylamide (PAAm) -polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) double-network gel material.
Further, the self-healing hydrogel material is polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) physical cross-linked hydrogel, and the preparation process of the self-healing gel ice cup comprises the following steps:
dissolving 1-10g of PVA powder in deionized water to prepare a PVA aqueous solution with the mass fraction of 1-10%, injecting the PVA aqueous solution into a mold, freezing at-20 to-10 ℃ for 12-16 h, standing at room temperature for 12-16 h, performing freeze-thaw cycle for 3 times to obtain a PVA physically-crosslinked hydrogel ice cup, and demolding after freezing for 12h in a refrigerator.
Further, the self-healing hydrogel material is polyacrylamide (PAAm) -polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) double-network hydrogel, the first network is a polyacrylamide (PAAm) network containing dynamic disulfide bonds, the second network is a hydrogen bond cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) network, and the preparation process of the self-healing gel ice cup comprises the following steps:
preparation of S1 self-healing gel precursor solution:
1) dissolving 1-10g of PVA in 100ml of deionized water to prepare a PVA aqueous solution with the mass fraction of 1% -10%, heating the PVA aqueous solution to 98 ℃, stirring for 1-6 h until the PVA aqueous solution is completely dissolved, and finally obtaining a uniform and transparent solution;
2) after cooling, 8-40 g of acrylamide (AAm) monomer is added, the final mass fraction is ensured to be 8-40%, 0.2mol/L of 0.5-2 ml of a free radical thermal initiator Ammonium Persulfate (APS) aqueous solution, 5-10 ml of an N, N' -bis (acryloyl) cysteamine cross-linking agent aqueous solution (mass fraction is 0.1-0.4%) containing dynamic disulfide bonds and 5-20 mul of catalyst Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) are added;
s2, pouring the self-healing gel precursor solution into an ice cup mold, putting the ice cup mold into a vacuum oven with the temperature of 30-65 ℃, curing for 3-12 h, and demolding to obtain a first network gel material, namely polyacrylamide (PAAm) containing dynamic disulfide bonds;
s3, placing the polyacrylamide (PAAm) containing the dynamic disulfide bonds in a refrigerator, freezing for 6-12 h at-10 to-20 ℃, and thawing for 6-12 h at room temperature for 2-4 times in a freeze-thaw cycle to obtain hydrogen bond crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a second network gel material;
s4, soaking the hydrogen bond crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in deionized water, replacing the deionized water once every 6h, repeating for 3-5 times, and removing unreacted monomer acrylamide (AAm), a crosslinking agent and a free radical thermal initiator;
s5, freezing the gel material obtained in the step S4 at the temperature of-10 to-20 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the self-healing gel ice cup.
Further, edible pigment or edible fluorescent powder is added into the self-healing gel ice cup.
Furthermore, a solidification temperature regulator and a transmittance regulator are added into the self-healing gel ice cup.
Further, the solidification temperature and transmittance regulator is one or more of glycerol, sodium chloride or calcium chloride.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the gel ice cup adopts hydrogel prepolymer solution as a matrix material, a polymer network capable of locking water molecules is obtained, the ice cup keeps a solid shape, the gel ice cup is not melted, the disposable product of the ice cup is changed into a recyclable product, and the production cost is greatly reduced.
2. By adjusting the proportion of the hydrogel prepolymer solution, the crystal in the gel ice cup is in a solid-liquid mixed state, the gel ice cup has super toughness and is not easy to break, and the service life of the ice cup is prolonged.
3. The self-healing hydrogel prepolymer solution is used as a base material, so that the ice cup has a crack self-healing function, and raw materials of the ice cup are greatly saved.
4. The freezing temperature regulator or the transmittance regulator is added into the prepolymer solution according to the requirement, so that the ice cup can show different transparencies at different temperatures, and the interestingness and the ornamental value are increased.
Drawings
Fig. 1 and 2 show two different shapes of self-healing ice cups without melting.
Fig. 3 and 4 are self-healing gel ice cups of two different light transmittances.
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the super-toughness of self-healing hydrogel materials.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below. While exemplary embodiments, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is to be noted that, unless otherwise specified, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.
An infusible self-healing gel ice cup is prepared by molding self-healing hydrogel material with a mold, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2. The self-healing hydrogel material is one of self-healing hydrogel materials prepared from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or polyacrylamide (PAAm) -polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) double-network gel materials.
In order to increase the diversity of the gel ice cups, edible pigments (such as phycocyanin, beet red and the like) and edible fluorescent powder (such as Turkish blue fluorescent powder and the like) can be optionally added. In order to increase the interest, a freezing temperature and transmittance regulator (such as glycerol, sodium chloride, calcium chloride, etc.) can be properly added into the prepolymer solution according to the needs, so that the ice cup can show different transparencies at different temperatures, as shown in fig. 3 and 4.
Example 1
An infusible self-healing gel ice cup is prepared by utilizing a self-healing hydrogel material and carrying out one-step molding by a mold, wherein the self-healing hydrogel material is prepared from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and the preparation process comprises the following steps:
s1, selecting a proper casting mold according to the required shape;
s2, weighing 5g of PVA powder, dissolving the PVA powder in 100ml of deionized water to prepare a PVA aqueous solution with the mass fraction of 5%, and injecting the PVA aqueous solution into a mould;
s3 freezing at-20 ℃ for 12h, standing at room temperature for 12h, and performing freeze-thaw cycling for 3 times to obtain a PVA physical crosslinked hydrogel ice cup;
s4 the product is frozen for 12h and then demoulded for use.
Example 2
An infusible self-healing gel ice cup is prepared by utilizing a self-healing hydrogel material and carrying out one-step molding through a mold, wherein the self-healing hydrogel material adopts polyacrylamide (PAAm) -polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) double-network gel and has self-healing performance, a first network is a polyacrylamide (PAAm) network containing dynamic disulfide bonds, a second network is a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) network crosslinked by hydrogen bonds, and the dynamic disulfide bonds and the hydrogen bonds provide the self-healing performance, and the preparation process comprises the following steps:
s1, selecting a proper casting mold according to the required shape;
preparation of S2 self-healing gel precursor solution:
1) weighing 5g of PVA, dissolving the 5g of PVA in 100ml of deionized water to obtain an aqueous solution with the mass fraction of the PVA of 5%, heating the aqueous solution of the PVA to 98 ℃, stirring the aqueous solution for 6 hours until the aqueous solution is completely dissolved to finally form a uniform and transparent solution, and cooling the solution for later use;
2) 20g of acrylamide (AAm) monomer is added into the PVA aqueous solution, the final mass fraction is 20%, 2ml of 0.2mol/L free radical thermal initiator Ammonium Persulfate (APS) aqueous solution, 10ml of N, N' -bis (acryloyl) cystamine crosslinking agent (mass fraction is 2%) containing dynamic disulfide bonds, and 20 mu L of catalyst Tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) is added;
s3, pouring the obtained precursor solution into an ice cup mold, putting the ice cup mold into a vacuum oven with the temperature of 65 ℃, curing for 3 hours, and taking the ice cup mold out of the mold to obtain a first network gel material of polyacrylamide (PAAm) containing dynamic disulfide bonds;
s4, placing the obtained first network gel material in a refrigerator, freezing for 6h at-20 ℃, then unfreezing for 6h at room temperature, and carrying out freeze-thaw cycling for 4 times to obtain a hydrogen bond cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) second network gel material;
s5, soaking the obtained second network gel material in deionized water, replacing the deionized water once every 6h, repeating the steps for 5 times, and removing unreacted monomers, cross-linking agents and free radical thermal initiators;
s6 freezing at-20 deg.C for about 24h to obtain self-healing gel ice cup.
A compression test comparison was made for the self-healing gel ice cup material of example 2 and the material used for the real ice cups:
1) weighing 650ml of distilled water, freezing for 24h in a refrigerator at the temperature of-20 ℃, and making into a cylinder with the diameter of 10cm and the height of 8cm to obtain a compressed sample used by a real ice cup;
2) preparing a gel ice cup compression sample piece with the diameter of 10cm and the height of 8cm by using the self-healing gel ice cup material in the embodiment 3;
3) respectively compressing a material compression sample piece used by a real ice cup and a material compression sample piece used by a self-healing gel ice cup at a speed of 6mm/min by using a WDW series (desktop) microcomputer control electronic universal testing machine;
4) as shown in fig. 5, the material used for the real ice cup was broken quickly in the compression test, while the self-healing gel ice cup exhibited very strong toughness and could withstand very large pressures and deformations without breaking.
It is to be understood that the foregoing is merely illustrative of some embodiments and that changes, modifications, additions and/or variations may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosed embodiments, which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting. Furthermore, the described embodiments are directed to embodiments presently contemplated to be the most practical and preferred, it being understood that the embodiments should not be limited to the disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary, are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the embodiments. Moreover, the various embodiments described above can be used in conjunction with other embodiments, e.g., aspects of one embodiment can be combined with aspects of another embodiment to realize yet another embodiment. In addition, each individual feature or element of any given assembly may constitute additional embodiments.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and all technical solutions belonging to the idea of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and embellishments within the scope of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and are considered to be within the scope of the invention.