Irreversible Swelling Behavior and Reversible Hysteresis in Chemically Crosslinked Poly(vinyl alcohol) Gels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Swelling Behavior in Aqueous/Organic Mixtures
2.2. Swelling Ratio in DMSO/Acetone Mixed Solvent
2.3. Change in Microcrystallites in the DMSO/Acetone Mixed Solvent
2.4. Origin of Reversible Change with a Large Hysteresis
3. Conclusions
4. Experimental
4.1. Sample Preparation
4.2. Measurements of Swelling Ratio and FT-IR
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kamemaru, K.; Usui, S.; Hirashima, Y.; Suzuki, A. Irreversible Swelling Behavior and Reversible Hysteresis in Chemically Crosslinked Poly(vinyl alcohol) Gels. Gels 2018, 4, 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4020045
Kamemaru K, Usui S, Hirashima Y, Suzuki A. Irreversible Swelling Behavior and Reversible Hysteresis in Chemically Crosslinked Poly(vinyl alcohol) Gels. Gels. 2018; 4(2):45. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4020045
Chicago/Turabian StyleKamemaru, Keiichiro, Shintaro Usui, Yumiko Hirashima, and Atsushi Suzuki. 2018. "Irreversible Swelling Behavior and Reversible Hysteresis in Chemically Crosslinked Poly(vinyl alcohol) Gels" Gels 4, no. 2: 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels4020045