Phase transition in swollen gels 31. Swelling and mechanical behaviour of interpenetrating networks composed of poly(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) and polyacrylamide in water/acetone mixtures
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- 作者：Ilavský ; Michal ; Mamytbekov ; Galym ; Hanyková ; Lenka ; Du&scaron ; ek ; Karel
- 关键词：First-order phase transition ; Polyacrylamide ; Poly(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) ; Hydrogels ; Interpenetrating networks ; Polyelectrolytes ; Swelling equilibria ; Mechanical behaviour ; Collapse phenomenon
- 刊名：European Polymer Journal
- 出版年：2002
- 出版时间：May, 2002
- 年：2002
- 卷：38
- 期：5
- 页码：875-883
- 全文大小：214 K
文摘
Swelling and mechanical behaviour of interpenetrating positively charged polymer networks (IPNs), composed of poly(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) networks and polyacrylamide (PAAm) networks, was investigated in water/acetone mixtures. The first PVP networks were prepared by radiation polymerization at room temperature; after that the PVP networks were swollen in PAAm aqueous solutions and the networks were prepared by thermal copolymerization at 65 °C. The IPNs were prepared with various amounts of the two charged comonomers (quaternary ammonium salts) in the presence of crosslinkers. Two transition regions, detected in the dependence of swelling ratio X on acetone concentration a, suggest that a two-phase structure was formed. The first transition, located between 44 and 60 vol % of acetone, corresponds to PAAm networks, while the second transition, located at 75 vol % of acetone, corresponds to PVP networks. Depending on the amount of positive charges bound to chains, both transitions exhibit continuous or discontinuous character; this fact indicates that intermolecular interactions between the two components occur with the formation of IPNs (e.g., more polar, charged PVP component increases the extent of hydrogen bonding and makes acetone less effective solvent for IPNs at the PAAm transition). The dependences of logG on logX are roughly the same regardless of charge concentrations; this means that the mechanical behaviour is predominantly determined by the degree of swelling for all gels.