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THERMODYNAMICS OF HYDROGEN-BONDED POLYMER GEL-SOLVENT SYSTEMS

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Title THERMODYNAMICS OF HYDROGEN-BONDED POLYMER GEL-SOLVENT SYSTEMS
 
Creator LELE, AK
BADIGER, MV
HIRVE, MM
MASHELKAR, RA
 
Subject temperature-sensitive gels
phase-transition
electric-field
fluids
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Description A statistical thermodynamic theory, which accounts for hydrogen-bonding interactions between polymeric gels and solvents, is developed The theory is shown to provide quantitative predictions of swelling behavior of poly(ethylene oxide) gels in chloroform and water and qualitative predictions of thermoreversible volume transitions of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPA) gel in water. At the LCST of PNIPA gel, the theory predicts a sharp increase in the number of hydrogen-bonds formed between polymer molecules of the gel and a sharp decrease in the hydrogen-bonds formed between polymer molecules and water molecules. The predictions of this theory can have significant implications in designing smart gels based on hydrogen-bonding interactions. Such gels have applications in separations and in biomedical technology.
 
Publisher PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
 
Date 2011-08-27T01:23:57Z
2011-12-26T12:57:39Z
2011-12-27T05:44:32Z
2011-08-27T01:23:57Z
2011-12-26T12:57:39Z
2011-12-27T05:44:32Z
1995
 
Type Article
 
Identifier CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 50(22), 3535-3545
0009-2509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2509(95)00197-D
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/11492
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/11492
 
Language en