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Hectorite effects on swelling and gel properties of hectorite/poly(AM/IA) nanocomposite hydrogels

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A new hectorite/poly(AM/IA) nanocomposite hydrogel was synthesized by inverse microemulsion polymerization. Influences of hectorite content on water absorbency and salt solution absorbency, swellability, pH-sensitivity, gel strength and temperature-resistance of the nanocomposite hydrogel were investigated. Water and salt solution absorbencies, pH-sensitivity and swellability decreased while gel strength and temperature-resistance of the nanocomposite hydrogel increased with increasing hectorite content. The as-synthesized hydrogel particles were regular and spherical-like in shape and had the average particle size of 43 nm with the range of 30–65 nm. Hectorite clay platelets were exfoliated and transformed into amorphous structure within the polymeric networks.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Pillar Program, China (Grant No. 2013GZ0149, Grant No. 2014GZX0010), PetroChina Innovation Foundation, China (Grant No. 2012D-5006-0212), Opening fund of State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, China (Grant No. SKLGP2012K004) and the Sichuan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Research Team Funding Scheme, China (Grant No. 2013TD0005).

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    Tao Wan, Chuzhang Zou, Lan Wang, Wenzhong Cheng, Ruixiang Li & Min Xu

  2. State Key Lab of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China

    Tao Wan

  3. PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd, Chengdu, 611930, Sichuan, China

    Daqing Wu

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Wan, T., Zou, C., Wang, L. et al. Hectorite effects on swelling and gel properties of hectorite/poly(AM/IA) nanocomposite hydrogels. Polym. Bull. 72, 1113–1125 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1327-2

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