期刊
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
卷 401, 期 -, 页码 97-106出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.03.031
关键词
Graphene oxide; Super-absorbent hydrogels; Swelling kinetics; pH sensitivity
资金
- SRF for ROCS, State Education Ministry, PR China
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) [CUGL090223]
- Hubei Provincial Department of Education [XD2010037]
- Teaching Laboratory of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) [SKJ2011118]
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering (Sichuan University) [KF201106]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, PR China [SQ2010AA1000690005]
A series of novel graphene oxide (GO)/poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) super-absorbent hydrogel nanocomposites were prepared by in situ radical solution polymerization. The effects of GO content on the chemical structure, morphology and miscibility of the hydrogels were studied. The swelling behaviors, swelling kinetics and pH-responsive behaviors of the hydrogels were also evaluated. Owing to the hydrogen bonds and possible covalent bonds between GO and polymer chains, relatively lower content (<0.30 wt%) of GO could be dispersed well in the polymer matrix and enhanced the intermolecular interactions between the components effectively. On the contrary, an excessive amount of GO might form large agglomerates and weakened the interfacial interactions, resulting in the micro-phase separation between the components. Furthermore, the swelling capacities and swelling rates of hydrogels went up with increasing GO loadings to 0.30 wt% and then decreased with further increasing GO loadings. It is worth noting that the hydrogel only containing 0.10wt% GO exhibited significant improvement of swelling capacity in neutral medium, and could also retain relatively higher swelling capacities to a certain degree at acidic and basic solutions. Therefore, the as-prepared GO-based super-absorbent hydrogels might have potential applications in many areas, such as biomedical engineering, construction engineering and hygienic products. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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