高分子凝胶的体积相变

本文概要地介绍了高分子凝胶体积相变的基础理论,较系统地综述了近10年来利用温度、pH值、光、电、生化反应等控制体积相变研究的进展,对有关的应用也作了简单的介绍.     

聚电解质凝胶的结构与体积相变

N,N-二甲基丙烯酰胺分别与2-丙烯酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸或丙烯酸钠经自由基共聚,合成了聚电解质凝胶DS50和DA50,交联剂为N,N’-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺。比较了DS50与DA50在不同pH值的缓冲溶液和不同组成的水-丙酮混合溶液中的溶胀特性,并观察到两种凝胶在水-丙酮混合溶液中都会发生体积相变,在上述两类溶液中DS50的溶胀比都比DA50大。测定了未溶胀的DS50的动态贮能模量G′和损耗模量G″,发现G′不随应变和角频率变化,讨论了平衡剪切模量Ge与凝胶中分子链密度的关系。同时还发现,将DS50在纯水中溶胀平衡时的有关实验数据代入Flory的凝胶状态方程并不能得到合理的相互作用参数值。     

强电解质凝胶的溶胀平衡与体积相变

以作者近年来对强电解质凝胶的研究结果为中心,介绍了磺酸基凝胶和丙烯酸基凝胶在纯水,缓冲溶液中溶胀比与电荷密度的关系及其差异,揭示了磺酸基凝胶中的反离子凝聚现象和在有机溶剂中体积相变,还讨论了体积相变的滞后现象及其成因,最后就体积相变的驱动力,统一认识电解质和离聚体以及有关的实验结果阐述了作者的见解。     

疏水改性无规共聚物水凝胶体积相变研究

以偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂,合成了一系列疏水改性的甲基丙烯酸β-羟乙酯(HEMA)无规共聚物水凝胶,研究了离子强度、pH、温度等条件对凝胶体积相变的影响。结果表明,疏水基末端端基的疏水程度决定凝胶体积相变的速率,随着疏水性单体甲基丙烯酸酯烷基链的增长,凝胶的疏水性增强,凝胶的相转变pH向低pH处迁移;温度高于LCST时,分子间的氢键作用减弱,疏水基团间的相互作用加强,凝胶发生体积相变。     

激光光散射研究聚（N—异丙基丙烯酰胺）单链及其智能凝胶微球在水中的相变

利用静态和动态光散射相结合的方法系统地研究了单根聚线性长链在无规线团和蜷曲线两个状态之间的转变和球形ＰＮＩＰＡＭ微凝胶的体积相变。首次在实验上证明，一根均聚物长链可以蜷 成一个稳定的蜷曲单链球以及在无规线团和蜷曲线两个状态之间存在着两个热力学稳定态；２皱缩的线团和融化的蜷曲线。     

响应性凝胶及其在药物控释上的应用

综述近年来在响应性凝胶材料研究方面的进展，介绍了能感应ｐＨ、温度、光、电场以及生化物质等外界因素变化的响应性凝胶的结构特点与响应机理，同时介绍了此类凝胶应用于药物控制释放方面的研究近况。     

浊度法表征温敏性微凝胶体积的相转变行为

以N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)、甲基丙烯酸(MAA)为单体,N,N-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺(MBA)为交联剂,制备了温敏性聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(PNIPAM)和具有温度、pH敏感性的聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺-co-甲基丙烯酸)(PNIPAM-MAA)微凝胶。通过测定不同温度和pH条件下微凝胶浊度变化,表征微凝胶的温度及pH敏感性,描述了NaCl浓度和pH对微凝胶体积相转变温度的影响。同时,测定了微凝胶的临界聚沉浓度及临界絮凝温度,表征了微凝胶的稳定性,讨论了影响微凝胶的稳定性因素。     

聚合物水凝胶体积相变过程中自发生成的新图案

聚合物水凝胶在 p H、温度等外界条件变化之下可发生连续或不连续的体积相变[1～ 6] .近年来 ,国际学术界认识到 ,凝胶的体积变化并不总是均匀地发生 ,伴随着剧烈的体积相变过程 ,凝胶中往往会呈现丰富多彩的图案[7～ 10 ] .这些图案已引起国际高分子学术界、包括研究材料力学行为和水母等“透明状动物”的科学家的极大兴趣 [11] .已发现了凝胶膨胀过程中的准六方凸起 [7]、凝胶急剧收缩过程中的竹节状条纹等图案 [8] .本文首次报道了凝胶的螺旋状图案 .Fig.1　 Typical Bamboo-like patterns formed in hydrogelshrinking after immersed…     

聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)水凝胶微球体积相变的研究

窄分散的聚（Ｎ 异丙基丙烯酰胺）水凝胶微球用乳液聚合方法制备，并用动态和静态光散射对其体积相变进行了研究．与水中聚（Ｎ 异丙基丙烯酰胺）线性单链比较，水中凝胶微球的体积相变温度较高，对温度的响应比较平缓．相变是连续的，有别于大块凝胶非连续的体积变化．在体积相变过程中，凝胶微球始终是密度均一的热力学稳定球体．从相变过程网络密度的变化可以确定，绝大部分的水在收缩过程被排了出来，但在紧缩的凝胶微球中仍含有约７０％的水．     

磺酸基共聚凝胶在混合有机溶剂中的体积相变

2-丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基丙磺酸(AMPS)与甲基丙烯酸-2-羟基丙酯(HPM)在乙二醇/水(1:1,质量比)中70℃下进行共聚,AMPS/HPM(8:2,摩尔比)为该体系的恒比共聚点.在此组成加入交联剂N,N'-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺2%、3%和5%(摩尔分数)制备了凝胶试样GO2、GO3、GO5.它们在DMSO/THF混合溶剂中THF达55%～60%(体积百分数)时发生体积相变;在乙醇/THF混合溶剂中GO3的体积随THF的加入连续缩小,但不出现体积相变.此现象可用高分子链溶剂化层的变化以及低极性介质中离子对之间的偶极-偶极相互作用来说明.     

无规共聚物P(MEO2MA-co-OEGMA)的合成及其在水溶液中温度诱导相转变行为

利用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)方法,由单体2-(2-甲氧基乙氧基)甲基丙烯酸乙酯(MEO₂MA)和寡聚(乙二醇)甲基醚甲基丙烯酸酯(OEGMA, M_n = 500 g·mol^-1)合成了无规共聚物P(MEO₂MA-co-OEGMA).并采用动态光散射(DLS)、紫外光谱及透射电子显微镜(TEM)等技术考察聚合物在水溶液中的温度响应性聚集行为,获得其在水溶液中的最低临界溶解温度(LCST)及其随组成的变化规律.结果表明,该聚合物具有良好且可逆的温度响应行为,这主要归因于聚合物与水分子之间氢键作用,及其分子本身疏水作用之间为了保持一种微妙的动态平衡而自发对聚集形态进行的“自我调整”,从而达到新的热力学平衡状态的结果.该聚合物的LCST与聚合物中单体OEGMA所占的摩尔比例呈线性关系,可以通过改变单体的摩尔配比实现对聚合物LCST的调控.     

环境敏感水凝胶的研究进展

综述了环境敏感水凝胶在制备、功能性及其应用方面的研究进展 ,尤其是温敏水凝胶、pH敏感水凝胶和盐敏水凝胶的研究状况 ,也对光敏和生物分子敏感水凝胶进行了简单评述     

用红外光谱研究具有互穿网络结构的pH/温度双重敏感性微凝胶的相转变行为

采用傅立叶变换红外光谱仪测试了由聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(PNIPA)和聚丙烯酸(PAA)两种聚合物网络形成的具有互穿聚合物网络结构(IPN)的pH/温度双重敏感性微凝胶D2O分散液,通过差谱技术对不同pH值和温度条件下的红外吸收光谱进行处理,研究微凝胶相转变过程中分子链微环境的变化.结果表明,随着D2O介质的pH值增...     

Enzymatic Hydrolysis-Responsive Supramolecular Hydrogels Composed of Maltose-Coupled Amphiphilic Ureas

Maltose is a ubiquitous disaccharide produced by the hydrolysis of starch. Amphiphilic ureas bearing hydrophilic maltose moiety were synthesized via the following three steps: I) construction of urea derivatives by the condensation of 4-nitrophenyl isocyanate and alkylamines, II) reduction of the nitro group by hydrogenation, and III) an aminoglycosylation reaction of the amino group and the unprotected maltose. These amphiphilic ureas functioned as low molecular weight hydrogelators, and the mixtures of the amphipathic ureas and water formed supramolecular hydrogels. The gelation ability largely depended on the chain length of the alkyl group of the amphiphilic urea; amphipathic urea having a decyl group had the highest gelation ability (minimum gelation concentration=0.4 mM). The physical properties of the supramolecular hydrogels were evaluated by measuring their thermal stability and dynamic viscoelasticity. These supramolecular hydrogels underwent gel-to-sol phase transition upon the addition of α-glucosidase as a result of the α-glucosidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the maltose moiety of the amphipathic urea.     

Environmentally sensitive hydrogel functionalized with electroactive and complexing‐iron(III) catechol groups

Thermoresponsive pNIPA (poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)) gels modified with dopamine methacrylamide were synthesized using free‐radical polymerization. In this way, the catechol groups were introduced into the polymer network. The presence of dopamine in the gel led to a significant shift in the volume phase transition temperature (VPTT). It was found that hydrogels were electroactive and that oxidation of catechol groups also led to a strong shift in the VPTT. The temperature window, that is, the range of temperature where volume of the gel could be substantially changed by oxidation of the catechol groups, for the gel formed from the polymerization solution containing 5% of the dopamine derivative, was 30–40 °C. Additionally, the influence of Fe³⁺ ions, which form the most stable complexes with dopamine, on swelling behavior of the gels was investigated at various pH. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 3236–3242     

Hydrogels with Dual Thermoresponsive Mechanical Performance

Dual thermoresponsive chemical hydrogels, combining poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) side‐chains within a poly(N‐acryloylglycinamide) network, are designed following a simple and versatile procedure. These hydrogels exhibit two phase transitions both at low (upper critical solution temperature) and high (lower critical solution temperature) temperatures, thereby modifying their swelling, rheological, and mechanical properties. These novel thermo‐schizophrenic hydrogels pave the way for the development of thermotoughening wet materials in a broad range of temperatures.     

Volume Phase Transition of Polymer Networks in Polymeric Solvents

A strong concentration dependence of the solvent–polymer interaction parameter χ is known to be a requirement for the first‐order volume phase transition in uncharged polymer networks in solvents. Another possibility for the observation of phase transition in nonpolar networks is to increase the number of lattice sizes occupied by a solvent molecule. This possibility has been indicated earlier and is worked out in detail in this paper. Using the theory of swelling equilibrium, we examine the polymer network systems immersed in a polymer melt. The critical conditions for the phase transition in both uncharged and ionic networks are described.     

Superfast Responsive Ionic Hydrogels: Effect of the Monomer Concentration

A series of strong polyelectrolyte gels were prepared in aqueous solution, using the sodium salt of 2‐acrylamido‐2‐methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) as the monomer and N,N'‐methylene(bis)acrylamide (BAAm) as a crosslinker. The gels were both prepared below (?22°C) and above (25°C) the bulk freezing temperature of the water, producing cryogels and hydrogels, respectively. The crosslinker (BAAm) content was set at 17 mol%, while the initial monomer concentration C_o was varied over a wide range. It was found that, at ?22°C, a macroscopic network starts to form at an initial monomer concentration of as low as 0.1 w/v%. In contrast to the conventional hydrogels formed at 25°C, the cryogels have a discontinuous morphology consisting of polyhedral pores of sizes 10⁰–10² μm. The cryogels exhibit superfast swelling properties, as well as reversible swelling–deswelling cycles in water and acetone. An increase in the initial monomer concentration from 2.5 to 10% further increases the response rate of the cryogels due to the simultaneous increase of the porosity of the networks.     

温敏凝胶体积相转变温度的压敏性

温敏凝胶体积相转变温度的压敏性钟兴，王宇新，王世昌（天津大学化学工程研究所，天津，３０００７２）金曼蓉（天津第二医学院药学系，天津，３００２０３）关键词Ｎ－烷基丙烯酰胺凝胶、体积相转变、温度敏感性、压力敏感性环境敏感性凝胶（交联聚合物）在生化分离、固...     

Stimulations of Responsive Hydrogels: Experimental Investigations and Modelling

Summary: Modelling the responses of hydrogels to external stimulations requires a thermodynamic framework for the phase equilibrium between a gel and a surrounding phase and models for describing the Gibbs energies of both phases. The phase equilibrium conditions are described and some appropriate models for describing the thermodynamic properties are presented. These methods are applied to describe (correlate/predict) the swelling of nonionic hydrogels (of n-isopropyl acrylamide) and ionic hydrogels (of n-isopropyl acrylamide and sodium methacrylate) in various nonionic and ionic aqueous solutions at 298 K.