A preparation method of physically-
crosslinked chitosan-based hydrogel with efficient pH sensitivity and high
mechanical strength, wherein the hydrogel is shown as the formula (I), belongs to the technical field of high-molecular
functional modification synthesis of natural materials. The method comprises: taking hydroxy groups located on the surface of
chitosan shown as the formula (III) as
grafting sites; allowing
potassium persulphate-
sodium hyposulfite which is taken as a chemical initiator to be heated and decomposed to generate free radicals; on the active sites formed on
chitosan, further triggering a part of monomers AAC shown as the formula (IV) and monomers DMAEMA shown as the formula (IV) to be grafted to main chains of
chitosan through
polymerization, while obtaining copolymermolecular chains of the two monomers, wherein the
copolymer molecular chains are intermixed among macromolecular chains of chitosan grafted
copolymer to form semi-interpenetrating network, thereby obtaining the hydrogel shown as the formula (I), and performing
freeze drying to the hydrogel to obtain a
solid product. The reaction is easy to operate, and the condition is mild. The physically-crosslinked hydrogel obtained from the preparation method is efficient in pH sensitivity, high in
mechanical strength, good in biological compatibility and large in swelling rate, and has bright applicationprospects with the respect to
macro-molecule solute separation,
drug release systems,
disease diagnosis and daily monitoring in the medical and
medicine fields.