1. Structure and Properties of Hydrophobic Aggregation Hydrogel with Chemical Sensitive Switch
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Jiufang Duan and Jianxin Jiang
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Materials science ,Absorption of water ,Article Subject ,Polymers and Plastics ,Scanning electron microscope ,Infrared spectroscopy ,02 engineering and technology ,lcsh:Chemical technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Methacrylate ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Contact angle ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Cystamine ,Polymer chemistry ,Self-healing hydrogels ,lcsh:TP1-1185 ,0210 nano-technology ,Porosity - Abstract
Hydrogels with chemical sensitive switch have control release properties in special environments. A series of polyacrylamide-octadecyl methacrylate hydrogels crosslinked by N,N′-bis (acryloyl) cystamine were synthesized as potential chemical sensitive system. When this hydrogel encounters dithiothreitol it can change its quality. The properties of the hydrogels were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, contact angle, and scanning electron microscopy. The water absorption of the hydrogel has the maximum value of 475%, when the content of octadecyl methacrylate is 5 wt%. The amount of weight loss was changed from 34.6% to 17.2%, as the content of octadecyl methacrylate increased from 3 wt% to 9.4 wt%. At the same time, the stress of the hydrogel decreased from 67.01% to 47.61%; the strength of the hydrogel reaches to the maximum 0.367 Mpa at 7 wt% octadecyl methacrylate. The increasing content of octadecyl methacrylate from 3 wt% to 9.4 wt% can enhance the hydrophobicity of the hydrogel; the contact angle of water to hydrogel changed from 14.10° to 19.62°. This hydrogel has the porous structure which permits loading of oils into the gel matrix. The functionalities of the hydrogel make it have more widely potential applications in chemical sensitive response materials.
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- 2017