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Temperature-sensitive poly(N-tert-butylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) [P(NTBA-co-AAm)] hydrogels were synthesized by free-radical copolymerization in a water–methanol mixture using three types of crosslinkers: 1,2-ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, N,N-methylenebisacrylamide, and 1,3-butandiol dimethacrylate. These thermosensitive hydrogels were swollen to equilibrium in water at 20°C and examined by gravimetric measurements. The influence of type and content of crosslinkers on the swelling ratio, the polymer–solvent interaction parameter (χ), the average molecular mass between crosslinks \({\left( {\overline{M} _{c} } \right)},\) and the effective crosslinking density (ν E) of the hydrogels were reported and discussed. The swelling process in water was found to be non-Fickian diffusion. The enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) changes appearing in the χ parameter for the hydrogels were determined by using the Flory–Rehner theory based on the phantom network model of swelling equilibrium. Negative values for ΔH and ΔS indicated that the hydrogels had a negative temperature-sensitive property in water; that is, swelling at a lower temperature and shrinking at a higher temperature. The temperature-reversibility and on–off switching properties of the P(NTBA-co-AAm) hydrogels may be considered as good candidates for designing novel drug-delivery systems.
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This work was supported by the State Planning Organization (Devlet Planlama Teskilati), contact grant number 2003K 120470-31.
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Çaykara, T., Turan, E. Effect of the amount and type of the crosslinker on the swelling behavior of temperature-sensitive poly(N-tert-butylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) hydrogels. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 1038–1048 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-006-1478-7
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