Properties of a poly(acrylamide-co-diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) hydrogel synthesized in a water–ionic liquid binary system
✍ Scribed by Qian Zhao; Jianzhong Sun; Songwei Chen; Qiyun Zhou
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A novel copolymer hydrogel, poly(acrylamide‐co‐diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride), was prepared by the radical copolymerization of acrylamide and diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride in an ionic liquid (IL)–water binary system in the presence of the crosslinker N,N′‐methylene bisacrylamide. The equilibrium swelling ratios of the hydrogels synthesized in the IL–water binary system increased with the content of IL and were remarkably higher than that of the gel synthesized in water. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements showed that the glass‐transition temperatures of the dry hydrogels that were synthesized in the IL–water binary system were remarkably lower than that of the gel synthesized in pure water. The mechanical properties of the gels synthesized in both water and the IL–water binary system were characterized with a universal material‐testing machine. The results show that fracture toughness of the hydrogels was improved when they were synthesized in the IL–water binary system. The gel shrank under a direct‐current electric field. The response rates of the gels that were synthesized with the IL–water binary system were faster than that of the gel synthesized in water. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010