The effect of solvent composition on swelling and shrinking properties of poly(acrylamide-co-itaconic acid) hydrogels |
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Authors: | Tuncer Çaykara Melike Do?mu? |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Art and Science, Gazi University, 06500 Besevler, Ankara, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The peculiarities of the equilibrium swelling ratio and swelling-shrinking kinetics of polyelectrolyte copolymeric hydrogels consisting of acrylamide and itaconic acid (AAm/IA) have been studied in water/nonsolvent (acetone, methanol, ethanol and 1-butanol) mixtures as a function of solvent composition and IA content in the hydrogel. The phase transition of these hydrogels was generated by changing the solvent composition by progressive substitution of water by the nonsolvent. For all P(AAm/IA) hydrogels, the form of the shrinking curves was determined to be strongly dependent on the type of the nonsolvent used. The rate of shrinking of these hydrogels increased in the order 1-butanol < ethanol < methanol < acetone. |
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Keywords: | Poly(acrylamide-co-itaconic acid) Hydrogels Swelling equilibrium Shrinking kinetics |
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