Submicron-sized N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) -ethyl N-acryloylglycine (ENAG) copolymer gel particles with various compositions were prepared by precipitation polymerization in water. Their swelling behaviors were determined by photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS). Our results showed that the volume
Swelling behavior of submicron gel particles
β Scribed by K. S. Oh; Y. C. Bae
- Book ID
- 101254915
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
We prepared submicron Poly( N-isopropylacrylamide) gel particles. Their swelling behavior was investigated by a photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) technique. The swelling behavior of submicron gel particles showed a continuous volume phase transition for various temperatures. We combined the extended Flory-Huggins model for mixing solvent and network with a modified Flory-Rehner theory for the elastic contribution. The proposed model agreed very well with swelling behaviors of both submicron gel particles and bulk gels. A continuous volume phase transition behavior of submicron gel particles was predicted successfully by the proposed model.
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