The effect of preparation temperature on the swelling behavior of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gels
Polymer Bulletin, cilt.45, sa.2, ss.175-182, 2000 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2000
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s002890070046
- Dergi Adı: Polymer Bulletin
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-182
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
The role of the preparation temperature of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA) gels on their swelling behavior in water and in aqueous solutions of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate was investigated. PNIPA gels were prepared by free-radical crosslinking copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide and N,N'-methylene(bis) acrylamide in water at fixed monomer and crosslinker concentrations. The equilibrium swelling ratio of the gels increases first slightly up to about 20 °C then rapidly with increasing gel preparation temperature. Magnitude of the collapse transition in water at 34 °C becomes larger as the gel preparation temperature increases. Calculations indicate a decrease in the effective crosslink density of PNIPA gels with increasing preparation temperature. The gels prepared at temperatures higher then 20 °C were heterogeneous consisting of highly crosslinked regions interconnected by the PNIPA chains.