Journal
MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 208, Issue 8, Pages 874-880Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200600632
Keywords
acrylamide; electrospinning; hydrogels; maleic anhydride; nanofibers
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A novel acrylamide/maleic acid copolymer [P(AM-MA)] hydrogel nanofibrous membrane with a fiber diameter of ca. 120 nm is prepared by electrospinning an aqueous P(AM-AAA) solution with diethylene glycol as crosslinker, followed by a heat-induced esterification crosslinking reaction at 145 degrees C. This hydrogel nanofiber can maintain a fiber form, but becomes distorted and merges to form many physical crosslinking points after immersion in water. The P(AM-MA) hydrogel nanofibers are sensitive to external stimuli ionic strength and pH. Their water-swelling ratio decreases with increasing solution ionic strength, and it shows a characteristic two-step increase at pH = 2.5 and 8.5 in response to the increase of solution pH. The maximum water-swelling ratios of the P(AM-MA) hydrogel nanofibers are 18.1 and 22.5 g(.)g(-1) in a solution of 0.05 mol.dm(-3) ionic strength and in an aqueous solution of pH 11, respectively.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available