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POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 71, Issue 8, Pages 976-984Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pi.6380
Keywords
NMR diffusion studies; rheology; hydrophobically modified polymers; sol-gel transition; thermoresponsive polymers; associating polymers
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
- CSIR
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A reversible sol-gel transition was achieved by grafting a block copolymer onto poly(acrylic acid), and the influence of various physicochemical parameters on thermoresponsive behavior was investigated. The mechanism and structural changes during thermally induced gelation were analyzed using NMR and rheology studies.
Associating polymers developed by grafting a block copolymer of monomethoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(caprolactone) (MPEG-b-PCL) onto poly(acrylic acid) undergo an irreversible sol-gel transition on heating. The influence of various physicochemical parameters on the thermoresponsive behaviour was examined by rheology and NMR studies. Pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion studies were performed to probe the mechanism of thermally induced gelation. Analysis of the diffusion data reveals the presence of loosely and strongly associated structures which respond differently to variation in temperature. It is observed that the polymer solution, which is visibly homogeneous, is heterogeneous on a mesoscopic scale with a distribution of domains. Detailed investigation of the thermally induced sol-gel transition shows that the mechanism of gelation involves irreversible alterations in the domain structure and size. (c) 2022 Society of Industrial Chemistry.
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