Tensile Mechanical Properties of Hydrophobic Association Hydrogels: Effect of Crosslinking Method, Synthesis Temperature, Mineral Salt and Swelling

Network structure and compositional effe

Network structure and compositional effects on tensile mechanical properties of hydrophobic association hydrogels with high mechanical strength

✍ Guoqing Jiang; Chang Liu; Xiaoli Liu; Qingrui Chen; Guohui Zhang; Meng Yang; Fen 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 969 KB

Hydrophobic association hydrogels (HA-gels) were successfully prepared through micellar copolymerization of acrylamide (AM) and a small amount of octylphenol polyoxyethylene acrylate (OP-4-AC) in an aqueous solution containing sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). HA-gels exhibited excellent mechanical prop