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High porosity, responsive hydrogel copolymers from emulsion templating
Author(s) -
Ovadia Maya,
Silverstein Michael S
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.5052
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , methacrylic acid , copolymer , methacrylate , absorption of water , swelling , chemical engineering , polymer , monomer , porosity , materials science , emulsion , ionic strength , polymer chemistry , polyelectrolyte , ionic bonding , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , ion , engineering
High porosity, hydrogel polyHIPE copolymers exhibited extraordinary, pH‐responsive water uptakes, reaching 18.2 g g −1 at pH 10 for a hydroxyethyl methacrylate to methacrylic acid mass ratio of 1:1.
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