β-环糊精/环氧氯丙烷水凝胶中水的存在状态及其溶胀特性

研究了β-环糊精／环氧氯丙烷水凝胶的合成工艺条件,发现该水凝胶透明性好,其干胶具有溶胀速度快的且在－40－200℃范围内不存在玻璃化转变,用DSC对β-环糊精／环氧氯丙烷水凝胶的溶胀过程及水在聚合物网络中的存在状态进行了研究,结果表明,该聚合物在溶胀过程中水首先分布于β-环糊精的外围亲水空间依次形成非冻结结结合水,可阈结结合水及游离水、其后水分布于β-环糊精内腔空间,当达到溶胀平均后,β-环糊精的内外空间都分布有水。     

干燥方式对含直链淀粉半互穿网络水凝胶溶胀和降解的影响

以4,4′-二甲基丙烯酰胺基偶氮苯(BMAAB)为交联剂,制备了丙烯酸-丙烯酰胺-甲基丙烯酸酯共聚物和直链淀粉半互穿网络水凝胶.以冷冻干燥和空气干燥两种方式,研究了干凝胶在pH2.2和pH7.4时的溶胀和降解性能.结果表明采用两种干燥方式的凝胶在不同pH的介质中都遵循二级溶胀动力学.凝胶内部水的扩散均为非Fickian机理,即扩散和链松弛协同作用的机理.但经历冷冻干燥的凝胶其扩散机制占优势.在pH=7.4的介质中,冷冻干燥凝胶的平衡溶胀比(SR)显著增大,而在pH=2.2时则无明显变化.扫描电镜(SEM)和降解实验发现,在结肠内容物的作用下,冷冻干燥凝胶在5天内降解率可达35.3%,而空气干燥凝胶的降解率为28.1%,表明冷冻干燥的方式可在一定程度上促进凝胶在结肠环境下的降解.     

热分析技术研究疏水缔合微区对含氟丙烯酸酯共聚物凝胶中水状态的影响

丙烯酸 (AA)与不同含量的 2 (N 乙基全氟辛烷基磺酰胺 )乙基甲基丙烯酸酯 (FMA)在叔丁醇中进行自由基共聚 ,合成了一系列疏水改性共聚物凝胶 .用示差扫描量热法 (DSC) ,热失重分析 (TGA)研究了含氟疏水改性凝胶中水的状态 ,证明FMA改性凝胶中存在 3种状态的水 ,即不可冻结水 ,可冻结结合水和自由水 .对于未改性凝胶和FMA含量为 1mol%的疏水改性凝胶 ,在凝胶中水含量分别低于 0 60 9mol%和 0 698mol%时 ,DSC升温曲线上观察不到熔融峰 ,说明凝胶中存在不可冻结水 .提出计算凝胶中 3种状态的水含量和熔融焓的理论假设 .计算出FMA含量为 1mol%的疏水改性凝胶中自由水和可冻结结合水的摩尔熔融焓分别为75 89 0 3和 6864 0 6J mol.计算结果表明疏水改性后 ,单位聚合物单元上结合的可冻结水数目 (n1 )和非冻结水的数目 (n0 )都增加     

PVA-PAMPS-PAA三元互穿网络型水凝胶的合成及其性能研究

以2-丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基丙磺酸(AMPS)、丙烯酸(AA)以及聚乙烯醇(PVA)为原料,制备了PVA-PAMPS-PAA三元互穿网络型(T-IPN)水凝胶.红外分析表明,PVA与PAA以及PAMPS之间形成了较强的氢键,使得PVA分子上的C—O伸缩震动吸收峰移向了低波数处.X射线衍射以及电镜分析表明,当PVA用量较低时,PVA能均匀的穿插于凝胶网络中,形成完善的互穿网络结构,当PVA用量过高时,部分的PVA结晶而使得凝胶出现相分离.研究了该三元互穿网络型水凝胶的溶胀性能,结果表明,该水凝胶的平衡溶胀比在200至340之间,并且随着AA以及AMPS用量的增加,凝胶的溶胀速率以及平衡溶胀比均升高.该三元互穿网络型水凝胶在酸性溶液中和在碱性溶液中表现出截然不同的消溶胀性能;并且随着溶液pH的升高,凝胶在pH=9.0附近出现体积突变,表现出pH敏感性.通过研究T-IPN水凝胶的抗压缩性能发现,利用线型高分子、柔性高分子网络以及刚性高分子网络制备的三元互穿网络型水凝胶能在高溶胀比下保持较高的强度.溶胀比为180的T-IPN水凝胶,其最大抗压缩强度可达12.1 MPa.进一步研究发现,凝胶的组成以及溶胀比均对凝胶的抗压缩强度和压缩应变均存在较大的影响.     

温度和pH敏感P（NIPA／AA）／黏土互穿网络水凝胶的辐射合成与表征

以N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPA)和丙烯酸(AA)为聚合单体、有机黏土作为改性剂,采用60Co-γ射线为放射源,辐射合成了P(NIPA/AA)/黏土互穿网络(IPN)水凝胶,研究了IPN的表面形貌以及AA浓度、黏土对水凝胶溶胀性能和压缩性能的影响.SEM电镜观察表明:P(NIPA/AA)共聚水凝胶的表面致密,没有明显相分离,而IPN凝胶表面疏松多孔且非连续,有明显的相分离,形成了较好的IPN结构.P(NIPA/AA)IPN水凝胶在碱性和弱碱性溶液中的溶胀率高,且其溶胀速率由网络中高分子链的松弛运动控制;而在酸性介质中,水分子的扩散为水凝胶溶胀的决定过程.P(NIPA/AA)IPN水凝胶具有良好的力学性能,加入黏土后凝胶的压缩性能参数均有不同程度的提高,水凝胶受压时只发生塑性变形,没有被破坏.     

水在纤维素水凝胶中的存在状态及对纤维素结晶的影响

制备了高度水合状态的纤维素凝胶, 研究了水在凝胶中的存在状态及其对纤维素结晶的影响. 结果表明, 水在纤维素水凝胶中存在非冻结水、 可冻结水和自由水3种状态. 非冻结水饱和含量为一般纤维素吸附水中不可冻结水的5倍以上, 高达1.6 g/g. 纤维素在水合状态下结晶受到抑制, 随着水含量的减小, 结晶会趋于完善. 在环境温度下, 当纤维素中只存在非冻结水时, 其与纤维素分子链间氢键作用力不稳定, 对纤维素结晶抑制作用较弱, 纤维素结晶比较完善, 导致纤维素断裂时表现为脆性断裂. 水介质的引入有望为纤维素的利用开发提供一种新的思路.     

快速pH响应丝胶/聚甲基丙烯酸互穿网络水凝胶的合成及表征

采用同步互穿网络方法制备丝胶蛋白(SS)/聚甲基丙烯酸(PMAA)为组分的互穿网络(IPN)水凝胶. 研究了互穿网络水凝胶对介质pH的刺激响应性能. 结果表明, IPN水凝胶具有强烈的pH刺激响应性能. 在pH=9.2的缓冲溶液中, -COOH解离成 -COO^-, 渗透压与网络之间的静电排斥作用导致IPN的溶胀度增大; 当pH减小时, 溶胀度随之减小. IPN水凝胶具有快速退溶胀速率及可逆溶胀-收缩性能.     

非冻结水对微球复合水凝胶机械性能的影响

本文旨在用DSC的方法研究水凝胶结合水的能力与韧性的关系。 分别以甲基丙烯酸丁酯(BMA)或甲基丙烯酸六氟丁酯(HFBMA)和烯丙基胺为单体,制备了2种核壳纳米微球(BMA微球和HFBMA微球)。 再以其作为大分子引发剂和交联剂,制备了微球交联复合水凝胶(BMA-H凝胶和HFBMA-H凝胶)。 通过差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)等技术手段研究凝胶的结构和性能。 结果表明,HFBMA-H凝胶具有更好的机械性能,其拉伸强度和断裂伸长率分别可达280 kPa和3960%,远高于BMA-H凝胶(101 kPa,2700%)。 通过对2种复合凝胶体系内不同状态的水进行分析,发现HFBMA-H凝胶的非冻结水的质量分数明显高于BMA-H凝胶,这种非冻结水的增塑作用对于凝胶机械强度的提升具有重要影响。     

非离子聚(N-乙烯基-2-吡咯烷酮)凝胶在线型聚(丙烯酸)溶液中的溶胀特性

研究了在线型聚 (丙烯酸 ) (PAA)溶液中链长、pH、离子强度和水 /二甲亚砜混合溶剂组成对非离子聚 (N-乙烯基 - 2 -吡咯烷酮 ) (PVP)水凝胶溶胀特性的影响 .发现聚酸浓度的变化引起凝胶显著的体积相变 ,这是因为凝胶和聚合物通过氢键形成了大分子间凝胶 -聚合物复合物 .凝胶的溶胀特性取决于聚酸的链长而不是离子强度 .随着pH值和水 /二甲亚砜混合溶剂组成的变化 ,凝胶的溶胀率 (SR)发生变化     

快速响应的温敏性聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)水凝胶 Ⅰ.以CaCO_3为成孔剂制备方法、表征及动力学研究

以不同粒径的CaCO3粒子为成孔剂 ,合成了快速响应的温敏性聚 (N 异丙基丙烯酰胺 ) (PNIPA)水凝胶 .利用扫描电镜观察到水凝胶具有特殊的孔状结构 ,得到水凝胶的孔径大小为几十微米左右 .动力学研究表明 ,该水凝胶在温敏膨胀或收缩时 ,具有快速的响应速率 ,在 10min内的失水率可达 90 % .比较了干凝胶和4 0℃下失水后的凝胶两种不同状态下水凝胶的膨胀曲线 ,发现两者的溶胀动力学曲线明显不同 ,前者的曲线有拐点 .同时发现与失水收缩速率相比 ,水凝胶具有较慢的吸水膨胀速率 .     

Synthesis, characterization and swelling properties of a chemically cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel

A poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel was prepared by coupling poly(vinyl alcohol) with epichlorohydrin as the cross-linking agent. The structure of the hydrogel was characterized by FTIR and GPC techniques. Various amounts of water were added into the dry gel to swell it, and the quantity of water in various states in the partially swollen hydrogel was determined by DSC technique. The analytical results indicate that the water introduced into the dry gel first combines with the hydrophilic groups of the network chains through hydrogen bond forming non-freezable water. The weight ratio of the non-freezable water to dry gel in the hydrogels is about 0.20. After the non-freezable water is saturated, the additional water penetrates the network space and exists simultaneously both in the freezable and free water states until reaching equilibrium swelling. Translated from Acta Polymeric Sinica, 2006, (5): 671–675 (in Chinese)     

States of water in poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels with various water contents were prepared from 10 wt% aqueous solutions of mixtures of PVA and anionic poly(styrene sulfonic acid) sodium salt (NaPSS) by casting, dehydrating, and then extracting NaPSS. The existence of three types of ice were suggested by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements for every frozen hydrogel. In the frozen hydrogels the states of water, except unfrozen water, were ice of free water and disordered ice crystals. The mobility and activation energy for motion of water molecules in unfrozen hydrogels were investigated by using pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (PNMR) measurements. It was concluded that there are two states of water in the unfrozen hydrogel, i.e. unfrozen water and disordered water which is mainly formed in narrow apertures in the hydrogel. The discrepancy between the DSC and PNMR measurements was explained by a structural transformation during cooling.     

Electro‐conductive double‐network hydrogels

Novel electro‐conductive and mechanically‐tough double network polymer hydrogels (E‐DN gels) were synthesized by polymerization of 3, 4‐ethylenedioxythiophene in the presence of a double network hydrogel (DN gel) matrix. The E‐DN gels showed not only excellent mechanical performance, having a fracture stress of 1.4–2.1 MPa, but also electrical conductivity as high as 10^?3 S cm^?1, both under dry and water‐swollen states. The fracture stress and fracture energy of the E‐DN gel was increased by 1.7 and 3.4 times, respectively, as compared with the DN gel. From scanning electron microscope and AFM observations, it was found that electro‐conductive poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) was incorporated into DN gel matrix, apparently due to the formation of a poly‐ion complex with sulfonic acid group of the DN gel network. Thus, PEDOT incorporated into the DN gel matrix greatly improves not only electronic conductivity, but also mechanical properties, reinforcing the double network gel matrix. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2012     

Studies on bound water in poly(vinyl alcohol). Hydrogel by DSC and FT-NMR

The phase transition of water bound in poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) hydrogel was measured by differential scanning calorimetry. The cross-link density calculated from the swelling ratio of PVA hydrogel ranged from 3 × 10^?5 to 1 × 10^?3 according to the total dose of ⁶⁰Co γ-ray irradiation. From the enthalpy of melting, it was found that water in PVA gel can be classified into at least three groups; ca. 1–1.5 mol non-freezing water, 5–6 mol freezing bound water, and the rest free water, corresponding to each hydroxyl group of PVA. The characteristic properties of polymer hydrogel were attributed to the large number of molecules of freezing bound water in the network. The amount of free water depended markedly upon cross-link density; however, it was not apparent in PVA gel with cross-link density >2.0 × 10^?4. The decreases in the nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation times of water and PVA were related to the cross-link density and were found to level off at a cross-link density 2.0 × 10^?4.     

Poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-isopropylacrylamide) semi-interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels with rapid response to temperature changes

A series of thermosensitive and fast-response poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) hydrogels were prepared by incorporating PVA into cross-linked PNIPA to form a semi-interpenetrating polymeric network (semi-IPN). Compared to the conventional PNIPA hydrogel, the semi-IPN hydrogels thus prepared exhibit significantly faster response rates and undergo full deswelling in 1 min (lose about 95% water within 1 min) when the temperature is raised above their lower critical solution temperature, and have larger equilibrium swelling ratios at room temperature. These improved properties are attributed to the incorporation of PVA, which forms water-releasing channels and results in increased hydrophilicity, into the PNIPA hydrogel networks.     

聚乙烯醇/壳聚糖复合水凝胶的物理化学性质

测定了聚乙烯醇(PVA)和壳聚糖(CS)复合水凝胶的平衡含水量、熔融焓、等温溶胀动力学和非等温失水动力学等性质,讨论了水凝胶的组成和制备参数对这些性质的影响.结果显示:PVA/CS复合水凝胶具有适宜于软骨修复替代材料的网络结构和平衡含水量.CS与PVA复合减弱了凝胶的结晶度,但却增强了水与凝胶支架的相互作用.尽管水凝胶力学拉伸强度有所降低,但却优化了凝胶的生物相容性和降解能力.PVA/CS复合水凝胶是一种潜在的软骨修复材料,作为一种理论研究的模型体系,它将促进热力学在复杂医用材料方面的应用.     

PVA/PAA thermo-crosslinking hydrogel fiber: preparation and pH-sensitive properties in electrolyte solution

The preparation of thermo-crosslinking hydrogel fibers composed of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was presented. The hydrogel fiber was prepared by extruding the spinning dope from in situ polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of PVA into coagulating bath of saturated ammonium sulfate aqueous solution. The network was formed by thermally heating the dried fibers under vacuum. The final hydrogel fibers exhibit pH-sensitive behavior and show hysteresis loop in the pH range from 2.5 to 12.5. The pH value at which the swelling ratio of the fiber had a jump shifted to lower value with increasing the PAA content within the network. Increasing the heating temperature and time for the fibers, the swelling ratio decreased and the jump point pH shifted to higher pH value. The oscillatory swelling/contracting behavior of the hydrogel fiber exhibited a well reversible pH-responsive property.     

Poly(vinyl methyl ether) hydrogel formed by high energy irradiation

Poly(vinyl methyl ether) shows a lower critical solution temperature behavior in water. The dimension of the polymer molecules depends on the temperature. A thermo‐sensitive hydrogel was synthesized by irradiation of an aqueous solution of poly(vinyl methyl ether) with electron beam and γ‐rays. At high polymer concentration a bulk gel was formed. The structure of the gel in the dry, swollen and shrunken state was investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). It could be shown, that the gel synthesized by electron beam has a sponge‐like structure consisting of cavities (≈1 μm) separated from each other by a polymer layer full of holes (≈10 nm). The macroscopic gel is characterized by several techniques, e.g. determination of the M_c‐value by NMR‐relaxation measurements.     

Entrapment of ethyl vanillin in calcium alginate and calcium alginate/poly(vinyl alcohol) beads

Electrostatic extrusion was applied to the encapsulation of 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (ethyl vanillin) in calcium alginate and calcium alginate/poly(vinyl alcohol) beads. The calcium alginate/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel spheres were formed after contact with the cross-linker solution of calcium chloride, followed by the freeze-thaw method for poly(vinyl alcohol) gel formation. The entrapment of aroma in beads was investigated by FTIR and thermal analysis (thermogravimetry/differential thermal gravimetry; TGA/DTG). The mass loss in the temperature range of 150?C300°C is related to degradation of the matrix and the release of ethyl vanillin. According to the DTG curve, the release of ethyl vanillin occurs at about 260°C. TGA measurements of the stored samples confirmed that formulations were stable for a period of one month. FTIR analysis provides no evidence for chemical interactions between flavour and alginate that would alter the nature of the functional groups in the flavour compound.     

Investigations of the microscopic structure of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels by confocal laser scanning microscopy

The fluorescence mode confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) is introduced as an alternative method to investigate the bulk structure of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel. Investigations of the bulk structure of hydrogel samples, prepared by freezing and controlled thawing of aqueous PVA solutions followed by fluorochrome conjugation, were possible in the native state because with this technique water does not need to be removed prior to examination. This is of advantage to other methods, such as scanning electron microscopy, requiring dehydration by critical-point drying or freeze-etching, because both may result in a significant alteration of the gel structure. CLSM images of the hydrogel bulk structure were taken at several successive intervals from the surface into the hydrogel (up to 60 μm) without freeze-fracturing or cutting the sample. Detailed morphological characterization is achievable by superimposing series of images taken at successive intervals and by magnifying special regions of interest. Images of hydrogel bulk structures revealed a continuous, three-dimensional network that originates from phase-separation (spinodal decomposition) during the freezing period. The pore or mesh size in the cryogel increased, from about 2–7 μm, with decreasing PVA concentration. The surface layer was only a few microns thick, and the bulk structure underneath showed neither porosity gradients nor structural orientations. Received: 29 April 2000/Accepted: 18 August 2000