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Temperature‐responsive swelling and deswelling of the copolymers from vinyl ether of ethylene glycol and butyl vinyl ether
Author(s) -
Kudaibergenov Sarkyt E.,
Nurkeeva Zauresh S.,
Mun Grigorii A.,
Ermukhambetova Bayana B.,
Nam Irina K.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.1995.030161112
Subject(s) - vinyl ether , copolymer , polymer chemistry , ethylene glycol , ether , vinyl polymer , materials science , swelling , polymer , living cationic polymerization , polymerization , aqueous solution , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
Linear and crosslinked copolymers of a vinyl ether of ethylene glycol (2‐hydroxyethyl vinyl ether, ( 1 )) and butyl vinyl ether ( 2 ) are synthesized by α‐irradiation polymerization. It is shown that the linear copolymers exhibit a phase separation phenomenon in dependence of the temperature due to the destruction of hydrogen bonds and the enhancement of hydrophobic interaction in aqueous solution. The processes of reversible swelling or shrinking upon temperature change are demonstrated for polymer networks.