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Poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based interpenetrating polymer networks via radical polymerisation

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In this paper, interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) with terminal vinyl groups (PDMS-vinyl) with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic features were prepared by radical reticulation. Specifically, an aqueous PVA solution was mixed with an alcoholic PDMS-vinyl solution in the presence of 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone (DMPAP) and N’,N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as initiating and reticulating agents, respectively, to obtain samples with the following PVA/PDMS-vinyl (w/w) compositions: 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, and 25/75. Confirmation of the IPN formation was done by a set of techniques such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), as well as theoretical calculations. The techniques used showed evidence of cross-linking reactions occurring in both PVA and PDMS-vinyl. Swelling experiments showed a proper balance of the resulting IPNs in swelling polar and apolar solvents, according to their composition and cross-linking. Tools of Theoretical Chemistry (Methods of Molecular Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics) were employed for the first time to investigate the cross-linking reaction between PVA and MBA and corroborate the experimental results. The PVA/PDMS IPNs showed a high capacity (up to 80 wt.%) to absorb water and may be characterised as hydrogels.

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This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–CAPES, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico–CNPq and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas Gerais–FAPEMIG.

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  1. Grupo de Pesquisa em Química de Materiais–(GPQM), Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Dom Bosco, Praça Dom Helvécio, 74, 36301-160, São João del-Rei, MG, Brazil

    Elidiane Carvalho Coelho, Daniela Pereira dos Santos, Jefferson Luis Ferrari & Marco Antonio Schiavon

  2. Universidade de Franca–UNIFRAN, 14404-600, Franca, SP, Brazil

    Kátia Jorge Ciuffi

  3. Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu–CCO, 35501-296, Divinópolis, MG, Brazil

    Beatriz Alves Ferreira

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Coelho, E.C., dos Santos, D.P., Ciuffi, K.J. et al. Poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based interpenetrating polymer networks via radical polymerisation. J Polym Res 21, 561 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-014-0561-x

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