期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
卷 363, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119861
关键词
Hydrogel; Basil Seed; Kinetics Model; Diffusion; Relaxation; Swelling Mechanism
资金
- Bu -Ali Sina University [99-242]
Hydrogels have the ability to retain moisture and their swelling capacity and rate depend on various parameters. A new mixed diffusion and relaxation kinetics model is presented to study the swelling mechanism of hydrogels. This model can determine the contribution of solvent molecules diffusion and polymer relaxation to the swelling rate.
Hydrogels have a unique ability to retain moisture due to the three-dimensional (3D) polymeric network. Both swelling capacity and swelling rate of hydrogels depend on the various parameters such as solution concentration, temperature, degree of cross-linking in the gel structure, type of hydrophilic groups, pH, etc. Various kinetics models were presented for swelling rate, however, most of them only describe dif-fusion or polymer relaxation as the predominant process on the swelling rate. In the present work, a new mixed diffusion and relaxation kinetics model is presented by simultaneously considering both diffusion and polymer relaxation. The mixed model is able to cover the whole of swelling and provides insight into the gelling mechanism. By the presented kinetics model, it is possible to indicate the contribution of sol-vent molecules diffusion and polymer relaxation on the swelling rate and also determine the predomi-nant process at different extent of swelling. It is shown that this new mixed kinetics model is a general equation and covers most of the previously reported equations. The presented mixed kinetics equation was used for modeling experimental swelling kinetics data at different conditions very well.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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