EFFECT OF CROSS-LINKING ON THE PROPERTIES OF POLY(2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE) HYDROGELS

被引：27

作者：

DAVIS, TP ^{[1
]}

HUGLIN, MB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV SALFORD,DEPT CHEM & APPL CHEM,SALFORD M5 4WT,LANCS,ENGLAND

来源：

ANGEWANDTE MAKROMOLEKULARE CHEMIE | 1991年 / 189卷

关键词：

D O I：

10.1002/apmc.1991.051890118

中图分类号：

O63 [高分子化学（高聚物）];

学科分类号：

070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

By means of gamma-irradiation 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate has been copolymerized in bulk with two different tetrafunctional monomers, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 1,3-bis(acryloxymethyl) tetramethyl disiloxane and with a hexafunctional monomer, 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate. The resultant xerogels were subsequently swollen to equilibrium in water. In order to allow a comparison among the three crosslinkers, their molar masses and functionalities were taken into account, the theoretical crosslink concentrations being varied from 0.032 to 0.644 mol dm-3. The relative hydrophobicity of the three crosslinkers was found to have a significant effect on both the equilibrium swelling and elastic modulus of the swollen gels. Non-freezing water in several gels crosslinked with 1,1,1-trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate was analysed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The proportion of non-freezing water in the gel relative to the overall water content was found to increase with increasing crosslink density.

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