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Synthesis and characterization of maleylated cellulose-g-polyacrylamide hydrogel using TiO2 nanoparticles under sunlight

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Graft polymerization onto the cellulose is one way to produce semisynthetic copolymers and semiconductors were hardly used as initiators. Maleylated cellulose (MC) with different degree of carboxyl groups was synthesized and degree of carboxyl groups was determined using titration method. Then the graft copolymers of acrylamide (AM) on MC were synthesized by titanium dioxide semiconductor photoinitiator in aqueous suspension under sunlight. The effect of different parameters, such as the degree of carboxyl groups, degassing of atmosphere, reactor type, light source, MC/AM ratio, and initiator concentration, was evaluated in the synthesis of graft copolymers. MC with a high degree of carboxyl groups about 2.8 mmol g−1 was selected for graft photopolymerization. Maximum monomer conversion (55%) for Maleylated cellulose-g-polyacrylamide (MC-g-PAM) was achieved with 0.5 mg TiO2, MC/AM = 0.056, argon atmosphere, sunlight source, and double quartz tube reactor. The maximum amount of equilibrium swelling (41 g g−1) was achieved for MC-g-PAM with 34% monomer conversion. The resulting graft copolymers were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, and TGA. Synthesis of MC-g-PAM using TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) as the initiator was done successfully that shows the TiO2 NPs are useable in graft polymerization of acrylamide monomers onto the MC under sunlight.

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    Foad Kazemi, Zahra Mohamadnia, Babak Kaboudin & Elham Allahyari

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Fig. S 1 TEM image of Titanium nano particles (Degussa P25) (DOCX 58 kb)

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Kazemi, F., Mohamadnia, Z., Kaboudin, B. et al. Synthesis and characterization of maleylated cellulose-g-polyacrylamide hydrogel using TiO2 nanoparticles under sunlight. Iran Polym J 26, 663–672 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-017-0551-z

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