Hydrogels have been widely applied in agricultural drought-resistance,pollution regulation,drug delivery and so on.Acrylamide(AM)is usually used as raw material to synthesize acrylamide hydrogels.However,inherently lo...Hydrogels have been widely applied in agricultural drought-resistance,pollution regulation,drug delivery and so on.Acrylamide(AM)is usually used as raw material to synthesize acrylamide hydrogels.However,inherently low mechanical strength greatly limits their applications in some special areas.Therefore,it is necessary to choose suitable functional monomers to optimize acrylamide hydrogels and improve their mechanical performances.In this paper,a novel acrylamide monomer modified by rosin was synthesized,and then polyacrylamide/rosinbased acrylamide(RAM)composite hydrogels were prepared via free radical polymerization using potassium persulfate as initiator,N,N′-methylene-bisacrylamide(MBA)as a crosslinker.The influence of RAM monomer was investigated in detail.The chemical structure,pore structure,swelling properties,thermal performances and mechanical properties of composite hydrogels were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer(FT-IR),thermogravimetric analysis(TG),scanning electron microscope(SEM),and universal testing,respectively.The results showed that the thermal stability and mechanical property of RAM hydrogels were improved significantly.The compressive strength of RAM hydrogels was increased to 3.5 times than that of AM hydrogels,and the tensile strength was 5.1 times compared with AM hydrogels as well.Moreover,RAM hydrogels exhibited a faster initial swelling rate due to the new pore structure formed after introducing the RAM monomer.展开更多
Dehydroabietyl polyethylene glycol glycidyl ether-grafted hydroxyethyl cellulose(HEC)polymer surfactant(DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC)was prepared using ring-opening polymerization with biobased rosin and hydroxyethyl cellulose as ...Dehydroabietyl polyethylene glycol glycidyl ether-grafted hydroxyethyl cellulose(HEC)polymer surfactant(DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC)was prepared using ring-opening polymerization with biobased rosin and hydroxyethyl cellulose as feedstocks.Dehydroabietyl polyethylene glycol glycidyl ether(DA(EO)5GE)was formed by condensation of dehydroabietyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether(Rosin derivative:DA(EO)5H)and epichlorohydrin.The grafting degree of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC was manipulated by adjusting the mass ratio of HEC and DA(EO)5GE and confirmed by EA.According to the formula,when m(HEC)/m(DA(EO)2GE)was 1:1~1:5,the grafting rate of DA(EO)5GE in DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC varied from 34.43%to 38.33%.The surface activity and foam properties of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC aqueous solution were studied.The results showed that with the increase in grafting rate,the critical micellar concentration(CMC)in aqueous solution changed from 1.28 to 0.96 g/L.The results of the thermogravimetric analysis showed that the temperature range of the main stage of mass loss of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC was 310°C~410°C,and the thermal decomposition processes of the samples with five mass ratios were similar.An oil in water emulsion was prepared by choosing cyclohexane as the oil phase and DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC as the emulsifier.The effect of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC mass fraction on emulsion particle size and stability was analyzed.The results suggested that when the oil-water ratio was 8:2 with 0.4%emulsifier,the emulsion droplets were the smallest in terms of particle size and were the most stable.The rheological test results showed that the apparent viscosity decreased with the increase in shear rate and showed a typical elastic gel phenomenon.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171722,31470597,31600462).
文摘Hydrogels have been widely applied in agricultural drought-resistance,pollution regulation,drug delivery and so on.Acrylamide(AM)is usually used as raw material to synthesize acrylamide hydrogels.However,inherently low mechanical strength greatly limits their applications in some special areas.Therefore,it is necessary to choose suitable functional monomers to optimize acrylamide hydrogels and improve their mechanical performances.In this paper,a novel acrylamide monomer modified by rosin was synthesized,and then polyacrylamide/rosinbased acrylamide(RAM)composite hydrogels were prepared via free radical polymerization using potassium persulfate as initiator,N,N′-methylene-bisacrylamide(MBA)as a crosslinker.The influence of RAM monomer was investigated in detail.The chemical structure,pore structure,swelling properties,thermal performances and mechanical properties of composite hydrogels were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer(FT-IR),thermogravimetric analysis(TG),scanning electron microscope(SEM),and universal testing,respectively.The results showed that the thermal stability and mechanical property of RAM hydrogels were improved significantly.The compressive strength of RAM hydrogels was increased to 3.5 times than that of AM hydrogels,and the tensile strength was 5.1 times compared with AM hydrogels as well.Moreover,RAM hydrogels exhibited a faster initial swelling rate due to the new pore structure formed after introducing the RAM monomer.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901257 and 32071706)School-Level Research Projects of the Yancheng Institute of Technology(xjr2019008).
文摘Dehydroabietyl polyethylene glycol glycidyl ether-grafted hydroxyethyl cellulose(HEC)polymer surfactant(DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC)was prepared using ring-opening polymerization with biobased rosin and hydroxyethyl cellulose as feedstocks.Dehydroabietyl polyethylene glycol glycidyl ether(DA(EO)5GE)was formed by condensation of dehydroabietyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether(Rosin derivative:DA(EO)5H)and epichlorohydrin.The grafting degree of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC was manipulated by adjusting the mass ratio of HEC and DA(EO)5GE and confirmed by EA.According to the formula,when m(HEC)/m(DA(EO)2GE)was 1:1~1:5,the grafting rate of DA(EO)5GE in DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC varied from 34.43%to 38.33%.The surface activity and foam properties of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC aqueous solution were studied.The results showed that with the increase in grafting rate,the critical micellar concentration(CMC)in aqueous solution changed from 1.28 to 0.96 g/L.The results of the thermogravimetric analysis showed that the temperature range of the main stage of mass loss of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC was 310°C~410°C,and the thermal decomposition processes of the samples with five mass ratios were similar.An oil in water emulsion was prepared by choosing cyclohexane as the oil phase and DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC as the emulsifier.The effect of DA(EO)5GE-g-HEC mass fraction on emulsion particle size and stability was analyzed.The results suggested that when the oil-water ratio was 8:2 with 0.4%emulsifier,the emulsion droplets were the smallest in terms of particle size and were the most stable.The rheological test results showed that the apparent viscosity decreased with the increase in shear rate and showed a typical elastic gel phenomenon.
