Study of cryostructuring of polymer systems: 27. Physicochemical properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels and specific features of their macroporous morphology |
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| Authors: | V I Lozinsky L G Damshkaln B L Shaskol’skii T A Babushkina I N Kurochkin I I Kurochkin |
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| Institution: | (1) Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 28, Moscow, 119991, Russia;(2) Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia;(3) Institute of System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 9, Moscow, 117312, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Based on aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solutions with different content of polymer having different molecular masses and chain tacticity, macroporous viscoelastic gels (PVA cryogels) are prepared in various regimes of freezing-storage in a frozen state-thawing. Shear modulus and fusion temperature of corresponding samples are measured; the structure of thin sections is studied by optical microscopy and the images are processed and analyzed. It is shown that the rigidity and heat endurance of cryogels rise with an increase in the concentration of initial PVA solution and a decrease in the rate of thawing. The influence of the temperature of cryogenic treatment and the PVA molecular mass has an extreme character. At the same time, the effect of the main parameters of cryotropic gelation on the macroporous morphology of PVA cryogels is manifested in the form of more complex dependences because of its multiple-factor character. Therefore, distinct structure-property correlations are not observed in many cases. Cluster analysis of the morphometric characteristics of cryogels in comparison with data on their rigidity makes it possible to classify these systems. |
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