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Synthesis and properties of novel superabsorbent hydrogels with mechanically activated sugarcane bagasse and acrylic acid

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The aim of this study was to develop a sugarcane bagasse (SCB)-based biodegradable superabsorbent hydrogels (SAH) with a good swelling. To this end, SCB was firstly mechanically activated by home-made high efficiency stirring mill to enhance its reactivity by breaking the lignin seal and decreasing crystallinity of cellulose in SCB. Then, the SAH were synthesized by graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) onto SCB with different mechanical activation times (t M) by using ammonium persulfate/sodium sulfite redox pair as an initiator in the presence of a crosslinker (N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide, MBAAm). The effect of t M on the equilibrium swelling capacity (Q eq), swelling kinetics of the SAH in deionized water, as well as the influences of pH, electrolytic media, and temperature on Q eq were studied. In addition, the products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The results showed that mechanical activation promoted the graft copolymerization and thereby altered the Q eq of the SAH. The swelling process of the SAH exhibited anomalous swelling behavior and first-order dynamics, and the Q eq of the SAH was pH, salt, and temperature dependent.

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This study was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51163002), Nanning Science and Technology key Project of Guangxi, China (No. 201106002A), Scientific Research and Technological Development Project of Guangxi, China (No. 11107022–8) and Scientific Research Project of Qinzhou University (No. 2010XJKY-09A).

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  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People’s Republic of China

    Xingtang Liang, Zuqiang Huang, Yanjuan Zhang & Huayu Hu

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qinzhou University, Qinzhou, 535000, People’s Republic of China

    Xingtang Liang & Zijie Liu

  3. Guangxi Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Nanning, 530001, People’s Republic of China

    Yanjuan Zhang

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Liang, X., Huang, Z., Zhang, Y. et al. Synthesis and properties of novel superabsorbent hydrogels with mechanically activated sugarcane bagasse and acrylic acid. Polym. Bull. 70, 1781–1794 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-013-0921-4

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