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Synthesis of nonionic and anionic hydrogels bearing a monosaccharide residue and their properties
Author(s) -
Fukudome Norihiro,
Suzuki Kazuya,
Yashima Eiji,
Akashi Mitsuru
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1994.070521210
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , copolymer , polymer chemistry , methacrylate , chemistry , acrylate , residue (chemistry) , swelling , tetramethylethylenediamine , ammonium , polymer , organic chemistry , materials science , composite material
Nonionic hydrogels bearing glucoside residues were synthesized by free‐radical copolymerization of glucosylethyl methacrylate (GEMA) and N,N′ ‐methylenebisacrylamide (BisA) at 0°C for 2 h using ammonium peroxodisulfate and N,N,N′,N′ ‐tetramethylethylenediamine as the initiator. The cross‐linked polymer gel was obtained quantitatively. The nonionic gels absorbed 30 times as much water as their own weight. Copolymerization of GEMA, sodium acrylate, and BisA gave anionic hydrogels, which absorbed ca. 100 times as much water as their own weight at pH 6.5. The swelling behavior of the nonionic and the anionic hydrogels bearing glucose residues was studied in detail. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.