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MATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 18, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma13184092
Keywords
hybrid hydrogels; sodium water glass; porosity; relaxation time; viscoelasticity
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- National Centre of Research and Development [STRATEGMED2/265761/10/NCBR/2015]
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Hybrid polyacrylate-silicate hydrogels were obtained in the presence ofN,N '-methylenebisacrylamide (NNMBA) as the cross-linking monomer and sodium thiosulphate/potassium persulphate (NTS/KPS) as the redox initiators. The results of the tests allowed us to conclude that a hybrid structure with a polyacrylate scaffolding and a silicate matrix had been obtained. The results of the rheological analysis revealed that the hydrogel sample with a 1:7 mass ratio of sodium water glass to the sodium polyacrylate is characterized by the highest complex viscosity. Thermal analysis (Thermogravimetry/Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TG/DSC)) showed that water begins to evaporate at higher temperatures, from 120 degrees C to even 180 degrees C. These results were confirmed by mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) analysis. Differences in the intensity of the peaks derived from water in the MIR spectra indicate that most of the water is bounded. In turn, NMR results showed that the mobility of water molecules decreases as the amount of sodium water glass in the mixture increases.
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