期刊
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 329-335出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.07.031
关键词
Microgels; pH sensitivity; Stability; Temperature sensitivity
资金
- Higher Education Commission Pakistan
This research article describes the colloidal stability of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-coacrylic acid) [P(NIPAM-co-AAc)] polymer microgels with different acrylic acid contents in aqueous medium under various conditions of temperature, pH and sodium chloride concentrations. Three samples of multi-responsive P(NIPAM-co-AAc) polymer microgels were synthesized using different amounts of acrylic acid by free radical emulsion polymerization. Dynamic laser light scattering was used to investigate the responsive behavior and stability of the prepared microgels under various conditions of pH, temperature and ionic strength. The microgels were found to be stable at all pH values above the pK(a) value of acrylic acid moiety in the temperature range from 15 to 60 degrees C in the presence and absence of sodium chloride. Increase in temperature, salt concentration and decrease in pH causes aggregation and decreases the stability of microgels due to the decrease in hydrophilicity. (C) 2013 Production and hosting by Elsevier B. V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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