The theoretical model of thermodynamical properties of swollen polymer network with physical junctions is proposed. Temperature transitions in network depending on solvent volume fraction and strain are investigated. As is shown, phase transition and collapse — decollapse processes are obtained in dependence on thermodynamical parameters and concentration of physical junctions.
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