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Diffusion Measurements of Water and Polymers in Hydrogels by Pulsed Field Gradient NMR

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The basic theory and techniques of diffusion measurements by pulsed field gradient NMR are described, and experimental results for solutions and gels of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide), carrageenans, agar , and agarose are introduced and analyzed to give physical pictures for the gels. Discussion of experimental results for water and probe diffusion in synthetic polymer and polysaccharide gels and solution was offered. Relaxation times for the macromolecules and water give information on tumbling motion. The diffusion coefficient of probe molecules in hydrocolloid systems provided the information on the translational mobility of molecules, which can be used to infer the structure of the gel network . By comparing the results with other experimental techniques, a clear picture emerges, with clear correspondence of the microscopic events, namely, aggregation, polymer immobilization, and subsequent effects on molecular flexibility and probe diffusion, with the macroscopic (bulk) events, namely, gelation. The hydrodynamic shielding length, ξ, which represents within the mean field hydrodynamic approach the mesh size of the network, as a parameter that determines D/D 0 of probe molecules, has been discussed in detail. This parameter ξ was used to describe quantitatively the evolving structure of the gel network.

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Matsukawa, S., Brenner, T. (2015). Diffusion Measurements of Water and Polymers in Hydrogels by Pulsed Field Gradient NMR. In: Kita, R., Dobashi, T. (eds) Nano/Micro Science and Technology in Biorheology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54886-7_6

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