Swelling and Reswelling Characteristics of Cross-Linked Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Chitosan Hydrogel Film

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), hydrogel was prepared by using glutaraldehyde as a cross-linking agent. The blend semi-synthetic hydrogel film, consisting of PVA and chitosan, was prepared from a solvent-casting technique and characterized for their intermolecular interactions using infrared method. The swelling and reswelling behaviors, as well as mechanical properties of the synthetic and semi-synthetic gels were examined by weighing and tensile testing, respectively. Cross-linking the two types of polymer with glutaraldehyde produces a film with lower crystallinity and smaller swelling and reswelling degrees, but having improved mechanical properties. Also, the two types of films show a pH-dependent swelling characteristic. It was found that, the reswelling properties of synthetic hydrogels can be improved by blending PVA with certain ratio of natural polymer. This blending film, can be improve sandy soil properties for cultivation, such as, controlled release of water.     

二氧化硅/聚乙烯醇杂化电纺纤维膜的制备与结构形态

用溶胶-凝胶(Sol-Gel)法制备了不同二氧化硅含量的PVA/SiO2杂化纺丝液,将其电纺成纤维膜.XRD结果表明,杂化电纺纤维膜的结晶度较纯PVA电纺纤维膜小;FTIR证实了PVA的羟基与正硅酸乙酯水解后的羟基发生了缩合反应,杂化电纺纤维膜是以网络结构形式相结合的;FESEM表明,PVA/SiO2质量比为4∶1时,纤维光滑,分散比较均匀.随着二氧化硅含量的增加,纤维直径变细,纺锤形珠节结构增多.加入金属盐NaCl和MgCl2后,纤维直径变细,圆形珠节增多.从理论上分析了纤维膜结构形态的形成机理.     

Characterization of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Chitosan Hydrogels as Vascular Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

In this study, PVA/Chitosan hydrogels were fabricated by freeze/thaw cycles and further crosslinking with a KOH/Na₂SO₄ coagulation bath and the effect of freeze/thaw cycle number on cell behaviour was evaluated. The surface of the hydrogels were further modified with Collagen type I adsorption and seeded with bovine aortic vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Increasing the number of freeze/thaw cycles resulted in a marked change in surface morphology, hydrophilicity and protein adsorption. Collagen coating caused an increase in initial attachment and proliferation. We concluded that hydrogels that have undergone 3 freeze/thaw cycles were optimum for cell attachment both in the presence and the absence of coating.     

物理交联聚乙烯醇/羟基末端聚酰胺-胺树型高分子水凝胶的制备与性质研究

聚乙烯醇(PVA)是一种水溶性的生物相容性好并可降解的合成高分子,PVA通过化学或物理方法交联可以形成水凝胶,PVA与聚丙烯酸(PAA)、聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(PNIPA)、聚乙烯基吡咯烷酮(PVP)及壳聚糖形成互穿网络型水凝胶,改善凝胶的性质,另一方面,树型高分子是一     

Structure and Properties of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels Obtained by Freeze/Thaw Techniques

The relationships between the structure and the viscoelastic properties of freeze/thaw PVA hydrogels obtained by repeatedly freezing and thawing dilute solutions of PVA in D₂O(11% w/w PVA) in as-prepared and rehydrated states are investigated. Our results indicate that the PVA chains and solvent molecules are organized at different hierarchical length scales, which include the presence of micro- and macro-pores, into a network scaffolding. The porous network is ensured by the presence of crystallites, which act as knots interconnected by portions of PVA chains swollen by the solvent. X-ray diffraction and SANS techniques are used to obtain structural information at short (angstroms) and medium (nanometers) ranges of length scales, concerning the crystallinity, the size of small crystalline aggregates and the average distance between crystallites in PVA hydrogels. Indirect information concerning the structural organization on the large length scales (microns) are provided by viscoelastic measurements. The dynamic shear elastic moduli at low frequency and low strain amplitude, G′, are determined and related to the degree of crystallinity. These data indicate that a minimum crystallinity of 1% is required for these PVA samples to exhibit gel behaviour and have allowed obtaining the order of magnitude of the average mesh size in these gels. Finally, it is shown that the negative effect of aging, inducing worse physical and mechanical properties in these systems, may be prevented using a drying/re-hydration protocol able to keep the physical properties of the as-prepared PVA hydrogels.     

Preparation and Characterization of Interpenetrating Polymer Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid) and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Interpenetrating polymer hydrogels (IPHs) of Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and Poly (acrylic acid) (PAAc) have been prepared by a sequential method: crosslinked PAAc chains were formed in aqueous solution by crosslinking copolymerization of acrylic acid and N, N′-methylenebisacrylamide in the presence of PVA. The application of freezing-thawing cycles (F-T cycles) leads to the formation of a PVA hydrogel within the synthesized PAAc hydrogel. The swelling and the viscoelastic properties of the prepared IPHs were evaluated on the basis of the structural features obtained from solid state ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy.     

温度敏感聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)/聚(乙烯醇)水凝胶的制备及性能研究

聚 (N -异丙基丙烯酰胺 ) (PNIPA)水凝胶具有温度敏感性 ,其在 33℃左右有一个相转变温度或较低临界溶解温度 (L CST) [1,2 ] .当外界温度低于 LCST时 ,PNIPA水凝胶吸水溶胀 ;而当外界温度高于L CST时 ,PNIPA水凝胶剧烈收缩失水 ,发生相分离 .这种相分离特性应用于药物的控制释放 [3] .固定化酶[4 ] 和循环吸收剂 [5] 等领域 .然而 ,通常的 PNIPA水凝胶是通过化学键交联而成的三维网络聚合物 ,很难发生解体或进行生物降解 ,其在某些特定场合 (如药物的体内释放等 )受到一定限制 .聚乙烯醇 (PVA)的亲水性和生物相容性较好 ,是…     

Poly(vinyl alcohol)/cellulose nanocrystal barrier membranes

In this study, barrier membranes were prepared from poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) with different amounts of cellulose nanocrystals (CNXLs) as filler. Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was used as a crosslinking agent to provide water resistance to PVOH. The membranes were heat treated at various temperatures to optimize the crosslinking density. Heat treatment at 170 °C for 45 min resulted in membranes with improved water resistance without polymer degradation. Infrared spectroscopy indicated ester bond formation with heat treatment. Mechanical tests showed that membranes with 10% CNXLs/10% PAA/80% PVOH were synergistic and had the highest tensile strength, tensile modulus and toughness of all the membranes studied. Polarized optical microscopy showed agglomeration of CNXLs at filler loadings greater than 10%. Differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTGA) showed a highly synergistic effect with 10% CNXL/10% PAA/80% PVOH and supported the tensile test results.Transport properties were studied, including water vapor transport rate and the transport of trichloroethylene, a representative industrial toxic material. Water vapor transmission indicated that all the membranes allowed moisture to pass. However, moisture transport was reduced by the presence of both CNXLs and PAA crosslinking agent. A standard time lag diffusion test utilizing permeation cups was used to study the chemical barrier properties. The membranes containing ≥10% CNXLs or PAA showed significantly reduced flux compared to the control. The CNXLs were then modified by surface carboxylation in order to better understand the mechanism of transport reduction. While barrier performance improvements were minimal, the chemical modification improved the dispersion of the modified CNXLs which led to improved performance. Of special note was an increase in the initial degradation temperatures of both modified and unmodified systems, with the modified system showing an initial degradation temperature >100 °C higher than the cellulose alone. This may reflect more extensive crosslinking in the modified composite.     

Physical Hydrogels of Poly(vinyl alcohol) with Different Syndiotacticity Prepared in the Presence of Lactosilated Chitosan Derivatives

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) physical hydrogels were prepared by repeated freeze–thawing cycles using aqueous solutions of two PVA samples having different degrees of syndiotacticity, a‐PVA and s‐PVA with 55% and 61% of syndiotactic diads, respectively. The hydrogels were prepared in the presence of different amounts of lactosilated chitosan derivatives (LC) of different molecular weight. The PVA stereoregularity was found to have a dramatic effect on the amount of PVA incorporated into the hydrogels, leading to remarkable differences in the swelling degree and porosity of a‐PVA and s‐PVA hydrogels. A significant amount of LC was retained in the hydrogels after equilibrium swelling. The swelling of the a‐PVA hydrogels was found to increase significantly by increasing the amount of LC while it was only slightly increased in the case of s‐PVA hydrogels. The amount of LC released after equilibrium swelling was lower when chitosan derivatives with higher molecular weights were used. Increased initial concentrations of LC resulted in much higher porosity of the hydrogels. TGA and DSC studies showed that LC is stabilized by the incorporation in the PVA hydrogels. The melting temperature of the crystalline regions of PVA was not significantly influenced by LC. Conversely, the extension of the crystalline domains increased in the presence of LC. The retention of a chitosan derivative bearing β‐D ‐galactose side chain residues makes these hydrogels potentially useful as scaffolds for hepatocytes culture.

Scanning electron micrographs of PVA‐LC hydrogels: (a) a‐PVA; (b) a‐PVA/LC₁₅₀ 80:20; (c) a‐PVA/LC₁₅₀ 50:50.     

淀粉-丙烯酸钠接枝共聚物的固体高分辨核磁共振研究

运用固体高分辨核磁共振技术,通过测量13C魔角旋转/交叉极化(CP/MAS)谱、1H自旋-晶格弛豫时间T1及旋转坐标系中的自旋-晶格弛豫时间T1ρ,对一系列淀粉-丙烯酸钠接枝共聚物的相结构进行了研究,并与淀粉、均聚丙烯酸钠及两者共混物的实验结果进行了比较.结果表明,接枝共聚导致了淀粉结晶度的明显降低;在共混物和接枝共聚物中,淀粉和聚丙烯酸钠组分都具有纳米尺度的相容性,由于接枝的效应,接枝共聚物中两个组分表现出比共混物更高的相容水平.     

Poly(vinyl acetate)/poly(vinyl alcohol)/montmorillonite nanocomposite microspheres prepared by suspension polymerization and saponification

Poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc)–poly(vinyl alcohol)–montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposite microspheres were prepared through suspension polymerization followed by the heterogeneous saponification. The effects of MMT on the polymerization rate and the saponification rate of PVAc were studied. It was found that the rate of polymerization decreased when MMT content was increased. However, the saponification rate of PVAc significantly increased in the presence of nanoclay particles. The XRD measurement illustrated that the clay particles are intercalated in the polymer matrix.     

Mechanically Strong Janus Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Graphene Oxide Hydrogels as Thermo-responsive Soft Robots

Simple preparation of stimuli-responsive hydrogels with good mechanical properties and mild stimuliresponsiveness is essential for their applications as smart soft robots.Mechanically strong Janus poly(Nisopropylacrylamide)/graphene oxide (PNIPAM/GO) nanocomposite hydrogels with stimuli-responsive bending behaviors are prepared through a simple one-step method by using molds made of a Teflon plate and a glass plate.Residual oxygen in the air bubbles on the Teflon plate surface affects the polymerization and hence the cross-linking density,leading to the different swelling/deswelling rates of the two sides of the gels.Therefore,the hydrogels exhibit bending/unbending behaviors upon heating/cooling in water.The incorporation of GO nanosheets dramatically enhances the mechanical properties of Janus hydrogels.Meanwhile,the photo-responsive property of the GO nanosheets also imparts the hydrogels with remotecontrollable deformation under IR irradiation.The application of the Janus PNIPAM/GO hydrogels as thermo-responsive grippers is demonstrated.     

聚乙烯醇/层状双氢氧化物纳米复合材料研究进展

聚乙烯醇/层状双氢氧化物纳米复合材料是近年来开发的新型聚合物基复合材料,表现出与纯聚乙烯醇基体明显不同的结晶行为,且具有良好的机械力学性能、耐热性能以及阻燃性能等,有着广泛的应用前景。本文首先对层状双氢氧化物的结构组成、制备方法和性质进行简要综述,然后着重介绍聚乙烯醇/层状双氢氧化物纳米复合材料的制备、结构表征、结晶行为、力学和热性能等方面的研究进展,最后对其应用前景进行展望。     

聚乙烯醇/聚乙烯吡咯烷酮碱性复合膜的制备及其性能

通过在不同浓度KOH溶液中进行掺杂,制备出了聚乙烯醇/聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVA/PVP)碱性聚合物电解质膜.详尽考察了膜的组成、微观结构、热稳定性、离子电导率和甲醇吸收率.结果表明,PVA与PVP两者具有较好的相容性,当m(PVA)∶m(PVP)=1∶0.5时,膜断面致密、均匀,未发生大尺度相分离.PVP的混入可以极大提高复合膜的电导率和热稳定性.当m(PVA)∶m(PVP)=1∶1时,复合膜的电导率可达2.01×10-3 S.cm-1.PVA/PVP/KOH膜的甲醇吸收率随温度的升高没有明显变化,100℃时其甲醇吸收率仅为同条件下Nafion 115膜的1/4.这表明该复合膜有望作为一种新型的碱性直接甲醇燃料电池用固体电解质膜且可提高膜的使用温度.     

Sol-Gel Transition and Equilibrium Shear Modulus of Poly(vinyl chloride) and Plasticizers

The elasticity of poly(vinyl chloride) gels with molecular weight distribution (M_w/M_n), of 2.16 have been studied in the region beyond their gel points. Dynamic storage modulus G′, and equilibrium gel shear modulus of elasticity G_e, at low frequencies (ω) have specific developments as a function of polymer concentrations c, and plasticizers. The scaling elasticity from G_e = kε^z equation holds at different PVC plasticizer gels. The scaling exponent z, and constant k. ε is defined as the relative distance, ε = (|c − c_g|)/c_g, the calculated z = 2.45 ± 0.15. Furthermore, this analysis provides constant k with certain informations about the dependency of gel elasticity on the kind of plasticizer. Near the sol-gel transition temperature T, G_e decreases rapidly with increasing temperature. The normalized moduli G_eM/cRT, of the gels at different temperature, and/or c were dependent on the relative distance from the gelation point ε, and PVC and plasticizers concentration respectively. These results suggested mesh size of gel network near the gelation point for PVC with bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DOP) or di-n-butyl sebacate (DBS) plasticizers that has been newly reported.     

软质聚氯乙烯分子网络及其Gaussian模量

采用应力松弛实验及Haward模型, 研究了增塑剂含量、填料[CaCO3、炭黑(CB)]和丁腈橡胶(NBR)对软质聚氯乙烯(PPVC)的分子链缠结网络结构、分子链滑移及Gaussian模量的影响. 结果表明, 在PPVC主网络达到极限伸长之前, PPVC材料的粘弹行为能很好地符合Haward模型. 增塑剂、CaCO3和CB虽然不改变主网络的缠结结构, 并且主网络的极限伸长不变, 但增塑剂可以降低主网络的网链密度, 而CaCO3和CB可以提高主网络的网链密度; 同时增塑剂可减弱次级网络, 增大PVC分子链滑移, 使材料的Gaussian模量下降; CaCO3和CB可增强次级网络, 减小PVC分子链滑移, 使材料的Gaussian模量增加. NBR的加入可以改变主网络的缠结结构, 增加主网络的极限伸长; 既可降低PPVC主网络的缠结密度, 又可减弱次级网络, 使Gaussian模量降低.     

Poly(vinyl alcohol)/GO-MMT nanocomposites: Preparation,structure and properties

A facile, efficient and environment friendly method is established to prepare poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) based graphene oxide-montmorillonite(GO-MMT) nanocomposites in aqueous media. GO-MMT nanohybrid is obtained by the combination of GO and MMT in water without any reducing or stabilizing agents. The formation of GO-MMT nanohybrid is due to the hydrogen bonding and crosslinking effects. The sodium ions within MMT sheets act as crosslinkers between GO sheets and MMT platelets. The resultant nanocomposites are characterized by means of X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) and mechanical testing. Compared to that of pure PVA, PVA nanocomposites show enhanced thermal stabilities and mechanical properties, which results from strong interfacial adhesion of the nanoadditives in PVA matrix. The further increase in the tensile strength and modulus results from strong interaction between PVA chains and layered GO-MMT as well as good mechanical properties of GO-MMT hybrid, compared to PVA/GO and PVA/MMT nanocompsoites.     

聚醚酯/蒙脱土复合材料的结晶动力学和结晶形态

有机－无机复合材料是近来材料科学发展的热点,无机物对基体的结晶行为有很大的影响［１,２］．聚醚酯嵌段共聚物的高弹性依靠硬段结晶形成的物理交联点［３,４］,因而任何影响结晶的因素必然导致其性能的变化．通过聚醚酯与蒙脱土的复合,研究聚醚酯的结晶行为的变化...