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Effects of chemical modifications on the swelling behaviors of poly (4-vinyl phenol) gel

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Poly (4-vinyl phenol) (P4VPh) gels were prepared by crosslinking with a hydrophilic crosslinker [ethyleneglycoldiglycidylether (EGDGE)] and a hydrophobic one [diglycidyl 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylate (DGCHDC)], and the former gel was further modified by CH3I or C2H5I to partially convert the hydrogen of phenol OH to the corresponding alkyl groups. Swelling behaviors of P4VPh gels, thus modified, were investigated to see how the hydrophobic groups introduced to the crosslinker and the polymer substrate affect the super salt resistivity to inorganic ions and the high water content (>90%) that have been observed for the original P4VPh gel. Water content and salt resistivity were unexpectedly preserved even for the modified gels. Effects of the chemical modifications on the gel swelling were only observed in the presence of hydrophobic solutes, i.e., tetrabutyl ammonium chloride and ionic surfactants. All these results strongly suggest that hydration around the polymer substrate in the gel phase is specifically stabilized, probably because of the coexistence of the hydrophobic hydration and the π-hydrogen-bonding hydration around the phenol ring.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-0033, Japan

    Ling Xu, Hiroko Watando & Mitsuru Satoh

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Xu, L., Watando, H. & Satoh, M. Effects of chemical modifications on the swelling behaviors of poly (4-vinyl phenol) gel. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 862–870 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-005-1448-5

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