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The rubber elasticity of poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel networks

Adrus, Nadia and Ulbricht, Mathias (2013) The rubber elasticity of poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogel networks. In: Advanced Materials Research.

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Abstract

We report here on the characterization of classical bulk poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogel networks. The classical PNIPAAm hydrogels were prepared from Nisopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) as a main monomer and N,N‘-methylenebisacrylamide (MBAAm) as a crosslinker. The viscoelastic character of bulk hydrogels was examined using rheological measurements under frequency sweep mode (20 °C). A range of frequency, ? from 0.1 to 100 rad/s, was employed as this is a typical range for ‘rubber plateau’. Within this range, almost frequency independent of storage moduli (G'; ~ 104 Pa as a function of hydrogel compositions were obtained. Indeed, the ‘perfect’ soft-rubbery behaviour of PNIPAAm hydrogels could be confirmed and thus enabled the estimation of mesh size. Interestingly, the mesh size rubbery hydrogels determined from rheological data was in a good agreement to that from swelling experiments (~ 4 to 9 nm).

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:PNIPAAm, hydrogels, photopolymerization, rubber elasticity, network structure
Subjects:T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:Chemical Engineering
ID Code:51368
Deposited By: Haliza Zainal
Deposited On:27 Jan 2016 01:53
Last Modified:20 Jun 2017 12:49

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