Swelling and elasticity of hydrogels based on poly(ethylene oxide) macroinimer

MELEKASLAN D., KASAPOGLU F., ITO K., Yagci Y., Okay O.

POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, cilt.53, sa.3, ss.237-242, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/pi.1334
  • Dergi Adı: POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.237-242
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

7A novel method for the preparation of hydrogels based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is presented. A PEO macroinimer possessing both polymerizable and radical generation sites was used to obtain hydrogels having dangling PEO chains. It was shown that PEO macroinimer acts during photopolymerization, both as a monomer and a crosslinker and thus, leads to the formation of hydrogels of various swelling capacities and moduli of elasticity. (C) 2004 Society of Chemical Industry.