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Swelling characterization of poly (acrylamide-co-N-vinylimidazole) hydrogels crosslinked by TMPTA and semi-IPN’s with PEG

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In this study, a novel semi-interpenetrating network (semi-IPN’s) hydrogel, composed of acrylamide (AAm) with N-vinylimidazole (NVI) as comonomer, with poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) and a multifunctional crosslinker such as trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) was prepared. Highly swollen poly (AAm/NVI) hydrogels and semi-IPN’s were synthesized by free radical solution polymerization. Swelling experiments were performed in water at 25°C, gravimetrically. The influence of NVI and PEG content in hydrogels were examined. Poly (AAm/NVI) and poly (AAm/NVI/PEG) hydrogels showed large extents of swelling in aqueous media the swelling being highly dependent on the chemical composition of the hydrogels. Swelling ratio of poly (AAm/NVI) hydrogels and poly (AAm/NVI/PEG) hydrogels was shown 7.16–39.85. Diffusion behavior was investigated. Water diffusion into hydrogels was found to be non-Fickian in character. This study has given the quantitative information on the swelling characteristic of poly (AAm/NVI) hydrogel and semi-IPN’s as water absorbent in many potential applications.

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Üzüm, Ö.B., Karadağ, E. Swelling characterization of poly (acrylamide-co-N-vinylimidazole) hydrogels crosslinked by TMPTA and semi-IPN’s with PEG. J Polym Res 14, 483–488 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-007-9132-8

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