1990
DOI: 10.1002/macp.1990.021910206
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Observations on the swelling behaviour of copolymeric hydrogels containing N‐vinyl‐2‐pyrrolidone

Abstract: Polymer-water interaction parameters, sequence length distributions and contents of total, freezing and non-freezing water have been discussed for a family of hydrogels. The. xerogel precursors contained N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (VP) with several co-monomers of different levels of hydrophobicity present in the xerogel over a wide range of composition. Common trends in the behaviour of these systems have been noted and rationalised. In particular the findings indicate that (i) in the poly-VP hydrogel there are ca.… Show more

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“…The Tidwell–Mortimer method provides the most probable reactivity ratio values, as checked by the elliptical diagram13 of the 95% confidence limit of the reactivity ratios of the EPM–MMA and EPyM–MMA copolymerization reactions. In this sense, the comonomer pair EPM–MMA had the reactivity ratios r EPM = 1.11 and r MMA = 0.76; in comparison with VP–MMA14, 15 ( r VP = 0.005 and r MMA = 4.7), the methacrylic derivative of EP showed a higher reactivity with MMA in radical copolymerization processes, which is an interesting characteristic for the preparation of copolymer systems with a controlled hydrophilic–hydrophobic balance with applications in the field of biomedicine. However, comonomers EPyM and MMA had the reactivity ratios r EPyM = 1.31 and r MMA = 0.92, which implied, as for the EPM–MMA copolymers, that the propagating species ending in EPM or EPyM were slightly more reactive toward themselves than to MMA molecules, and MMA‐ending propagating species reacted slightly more toward EPM and EPyM species than toward its own MMA monomer.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…The Tidwell–Mortimer method provides the most probable reactivity ratio values, as checked by the elliptical diagram13 of the 95% confidence limit of the reactivity ratios of the EPM–MMA and EPyM–MMA copolymerization reactions. In this sense, the comonomer pair EPM–MMA had the reactivity ratios r EPM = 1.11 and r MMA = 0.76; in comparison with VP–MMA14, 15 ( r VP = 0.005 and r MMA = 4.7), the methacrylic derivative of EP showed a higher reactivity with MMA in radical copolymerization processes, which is an interesting characteristic for the preparation of copolymer systems with a controlled hydrophilic–hydrophobic balance with applications in the field of biomedicine. However, comonomers EPyM and MMA had the reactivity ratios r EPyM = 1.31 and r MMA = 0.92, which implied, as for the EPM–MMA copolymers, that the propagating species ending in EPM or EPyM were slightly more reactive toward themselves than to MMA molecules, and MMA‐ending propagating species reacted slightly more toward EPM and EPyM species than toward its own MMA monomer.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…It has the property of forming complexes with a variety of substances (Buhler 1998;Sheth and Bhattacharya 1987). Some researchers have discussed the interaction of PVP with certain inorganic and organic compounds (Al-Issa et al 1990;Maruthamuthu and Subramanian 1989;Sheth 1991). However, the interactions between PVP and textile dyes have been studied only to a limited extent, and sufficient information is not available on the effect of the polymer chain or the composition of textile dyes containing sulphonyl groups in the interaction.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%