Model Polyelectrolyte Gels Synthesized by End-Linking of Tetra-Arm Polymers with Click Chemistry: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties

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• 作者：Kazuyuki Oshima ; Taku Fujimoto ; Erina Minami ; Yoshiro Mitsukami
• 刊名：Macromolecules
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：November 11, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：47
• 期：21
• 页码：7573-7580
• 全文大小：416K
• ISSN：1520-5835

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A series of poly(sodium acrylate) gels was synthesized via end-linking reaction between tetra-arm poly(tert-butyl acrylate)s by copper-catalyzed azide鈥揳lkyne cycloaddition followed by deprotection of tert-butyl group and neutralization. Characterization of the gels using gravimetry, IR measurement, and stretching test revealed that they have only small amounts of sol fractions, dangling chains, and trapped entanglements. The relationship between polymer weight fraction (蠒_e) and shear modulus (G鈥? at equilibrium swelling in saline was expressed as G鈥?鈭?蠒_e ^2.5. The power index (2.5) was comparable with the theoretical value for nonionic gels swollen in good solvents (2.3). The relationship between G鈥?and 蠒_e was superior to that of poly(sodium acrylate) gels synthesized by conventional radical copolymerization. The difference may be partly attributed to the difference in the ratio of chemical cross-links to trapped entanglements.