Inhomogeneity control in polymer gels
Inhomogeneity control in polymer gels
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DOI:
10.1002/polb.20358
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发表时间:
2005-03-15
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通讯作者:
Shibayama, M
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作者:
Ikkai, F;Shibayama, M
Inhomogeneities, that is, nonrelaxing frozen concentration fluctuations, are inevitably present in polymer gels because they are introduced during the crosslinking of the constituent polymer chains in a solvent. Therefore, inhomogeneities increase as the number of crosslinks increases in a gel. The ionization of polymer gels is one of the methods used to suppress inhomogeneities. However, because crosslinking also means a freezing-in of the conformation and topology of polymer chains in a solvent according to the chemistry of crosslinking, inhomogeneity control is quite sophisticated. In this article, we discuss the relationship between the inhomogeneities and the molecular/environmental parameters of polymer gels, such as the polymer concentration, the degree of crosslinking, the degree of ionization, and the interaction parameter, by considering the memory effect of gels. (C) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.