Swelling behaviour of a non-ionic poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) gel in a linear poly(acrylic acid) solution

Esen Abikenovich Bekturov, Vera A. Frolova, Larisa A. Bimendina

1999

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DOI 10.1002/(sici)1521-3935(19990201)200:2<431::aid-macp431>3.0.co;2-q
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Abstract

The swelling behaviour of a non-ionic poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) hydrogel in a linear poly-(acrylic acid) solution upon the influence of chain length, pH, ionic strength, and water/dimethyl sulfoxide composition was studied. The sharp shrinkage of the gel volume within a narrow range of polyacid concentration takes place as a result of the formation of an intermacromolecular gel-polymer complex on the base of hydrogen bonding. According to X-ray diffraction this complex is amorphous. The formation of the gel-polymer complex is a long term process and the system reaches equilibrium within 48 h. The swelling behaviour strongly depends on the chain length of the polyacid whereas it does not depend on the ionic strength. With increasing pH value and changing water/dimethyl sulfoxide composition the gel reswelling is induced. The complex formation with poly(acrylic acid) occurs in the same way for linear and crosslinked poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone).