Dan Zheng, Miao Tang and Chenfeng Ke
Polym. Chem., 2023,14, 2159-2163
DOI:
10.1039/D3PY00337J,
Communication
A ketoenamine-based dynamic covalent crosslinker was introduced to α-cyclodextrin-based polypseudorotaxanes, forming viscoelastic hydrogels for direct-ink-write 3D printing. The irreversible enol–keto tautomerization imparts high chemical stability to the extensively crosslinked polyrotaxane hydrogels, which showed mechanochromic responsiveness in the presence of the integrated fluorophores.