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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 83, Issue 5, Pages 1025-1035Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.10010
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chitosan; poly(acrylic acid); polyelectrolyte complex; pH-sensitive; photopolymerization
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Polyelectrolyte complex based on chitosan and acrylic acid monomer by photoinitiated free-radical polymerization in the absence of crosslinker showed a large transition in swelling in response to changes in pH of surrounding medium. Their ability to swell arises from polyelectrolyte interactions and molecular structure of the complex. The main properties of interest that related to the molecular structure, swelling volumes, glass transition temperature, and elastic modulus of the complex were investigated. The effect of water content, the only variable in the sample component, played an important role in molecular structure of the complex and as a consequence, the extent of intermolecular linkage, especially amide bonds which in turn governed the degree of swelling of the polyelectrolyte complex in this study. The decreased degree of swelling and higher temperature shift of glass transition temperature was found with increased water content, whereas increased modulus of elasticity of dry complex was found in lower water content of synthesis component. (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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