Improved mechanical properties of polyacrylamide hydrogels created in the presence of low-molecular-weight hydrogelators. Issue 109 (21st October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ohsedo, Yutaka; Taniguchi, Makiko; Saruhashi, Kowichiro; Watanabe, Hisayuki
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 5:Issue 109(2015)
• Page Start: 90010
• Page End: 90013
• Publication Date: 2015-10-21
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c5ra16823f
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : It was found that the crushing stress of the obtained polyacrylamide hydrogels was enhanced by using the molecular gel as removable templates. Abstract : Polyacrylamide hydrogels were prepared using molecular hydrogels composed of a low-molecular-weight gelator system, octylaldonamide/sodium dodecyl sulfate as templates by photopolymerization, and the effect of the template on the polymer hydrogel network was examined on the basis of the polymer hydrogels' performance in compression tests. It was found that the crushing stress of the obtained polymer hydrogels was enhanced by using the molecular gel templates.