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  • Preparation and Characterization of Novel Temperature and pH Sensitive (NIPAM-co-MAA) Polymer Microgels and Their Volume Phase Change with Various Salts
  • Khan MS, Khan GT, Khan A, Sultana S
  • pH 감응성 NIPAM-co-MAA 고분자 마이크로젤의 제조 및 분석과 염 종류에 따른 부피상 변화
  • Khan MS, Khan GT, Khan A, Sultana S
Abstract
Novel microgels of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM)-co-methacrylic acid (MAA) (NIPAM-co-MAA) with different contents of N,N-methylene bis acrylamide (MBA) were prepared by emulsion polymerization technique and were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and zeta potential measurement. Effect of pH, temperature and different salts concentration on the microgel particles was investigated. DLS results have shown that the hydrodynamic radius of the microgel increased upon increasing pH and decreased upon increasing temperature. The swelling/deswelling behaviors as determined by DLS showed the ionic repulsions of the carboxyl group of the methacrylic acid and hydrophobic interaction of NIPAM. The effect of various salts on volume phase transition temperature (VPTT) was also investigated. Upon increasing salt concentration, VPTT became broad and shifted to a lower temperature. Electrophoretic mobility measurements showed an increase with increasing pH and temperature at a constant ionic strength.

Keywords: emulsion polymerization; volume phase transition temperature; swelling/deswelling; electrophoretic mobility; ionic strength.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2013; 37(6): 794-801

    Published online Nov 25, 2013

  • 10.7317/pk.
  • Received on Jul 24, 2013
  • Revised on Nov 30, -0001
  • Accepted on Sep 4, 2013

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