Charged groups synergically enhanced elasticity and tunable swelling/shrinking of poly(dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate)/layered silicate nanocomposite cryogels


Tanc B., Orakdöğen N.

Polymer, cilt.178, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 178
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121627
  • Dergi Adı: Polymer
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Montmorillonite, Nanocomposites, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, Cryogel, Elasticity, POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, MECHANICAL STRENGTH, SWELLING BEHAVIOR, PHASE-TRANSITION, HYDROGELS, CLAY, MONTMORILLONITE, SYSTEMS, COMPOSITES, MORPHOLOGY
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2019 Elsevier LtdA thorough understanding of inorganic clay-multifunctional polymer interactions of weakly basic polyelectrolyte systems is critical for the improvement of their thermal, pH- and ionic strength-response to serve in biomedical applications. Poly(dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate)-based polymer-clay nanocomposites were synthesized by (cryo)polymerization and conventional crosslinking of weakly basic N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and anionic 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) between interlayer spacing of montmorillonite (MMT) layered silicate using the redox-initiator system; APS-TEMED. Formation mechanism as well as thermal stability of nanocomposite cryogels (referred as NC-Cgs/MMTn) and nanocomposite hydrogels (referred as NC-Hgs/MMTn) incorporated with various amount of inorganic clay MMT were characterized by uniaxial compression testing, FTIR, XRD and TGA analysis. At low MMT concentrations, equilibrium swelling of NC-Cgs/MMTn and NC-Hgs/MMTn gels in water increased but then, decreased with further increasing the clay concentration. Correspondingly, compressive modulus of the nanocomposite gels exhibited a distinct minimum with respect to MMT concentration. The nanocomposite gels had stronger mechanical strength and larger volume swelling ratio than those for clay-free gels for MMT concentrations ranging from 0.20 to 3.40% (w/v). From the data obtained by compressive measurements, the network chain-length distribution in the nanocomposite networks with respect to MMT concentration was discussed. The results obtained provided more insights into ionic strength-tunable swelling of slightly charged dialkylaminoethyl methacrylate-based polymer-clay nanocomposite gels and supported the development of potential applications combining the swelling and mechanical properties of weakly basic nanocomposite gels as biomedical materials.