hydrogel

The features of forming macroporous hydrogel foam during the foaming of aqueous sodium alginate solutions with simultaneous cross-linking of sodium alginate macromolecules by calcium ions are considered. Foaming is achieved through the release of carbon dioxide from the hydrogel composition due to the interaction of carbonates with carboxyl groups. The study outlines the most significant factors influencing the formation process of macroporous hydrogel foam.

Developing a new generation of transparent hydrogel firefighting mineral-polymeric materials is an urgent task. These composites are used to produce refractory glass structures, particularly double-glazed windows. These double-glazed windows are multilayer structures made of silicate glass sheets, with gaps filled by a transparent material that turns opaque under flame exposure, reducing heat load and maintaining structural integrity for a specified duration.

The initiating ability of finely dispersed bimetallic particles in the polymerization reaction of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate in polyvinylpyrrolidone presence is proven. The bimetal formation on the surface of ferrum particles was confirmed by the X-ray spectroscopic microanalysis results. The regularities of block polymerization of such compositions have been studied. The effect of metals nature, monomer and polyvinylpyrrolidone ratio, as well as the temperature on polymerization kinetics and "limit" monomer conversion was determined.

The article presents the results of a study of the influence of the molecular weight of polyvinylpyrrolidone on the properties of two-layer hydrogel/polycaproamide membranes. Composite membranes are obtained by the developed method, which consists in the formation of hydrogel membranes with subsequent deposition from a solution into their outer surface of a reinforcing layer based on polyamide modified with polyvinylpyrrolidone.

The report describes the features of physical and mechanical properties and absorption capacity of hydrogels based on highly esterified pectin. Experimental data showed the correlation between these values. Also, an attempt is made to explain the obtained dependencies via the hydrogel morphology and the mechanism of its formation.

Organic-inorganic hydrophilic composites based on sodium polyacrylate (PAANa) and poly-N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (PAPTMS) showed the improved swelling capacity at incorporation of PAPTMS. Changing of non-Fickian to Super case II swelling behaviour is observed at 20 wt % PAPTMS content. Enhancing of thermal stability and heat-resistance index of composite hydrogels compared to PAA is shown.

The paper presents the results of the study of copolymerization of 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) under the action of two-component initiation systems of iron (II) sulfate/radical type initiator. The influence of the nature of the radical initiator (In) in the FeSO4/In system on the behavior of the polymerization of HEMA/PVP compositions, structural parameters of the polymer matrix network and properties of hydrogels based on pHEMA-gr-PVP copolymers were established.

The formation of the hydrogel polymer matrix duringthe gelatin cross-linking with dioxirane derivatives of polyoxyethylene glycolswere studied.The optimal conditions for their synthesis were determined. The characteristics of the hydrogel (swelling in different media, mechanical properties at different temperatures) were obtained depending on the type of dioxirane derivative and prepolymer ratio. The possibility of introducing several drugs into hydrogels was established and the release of these drugs was found to be prolonged.

The results of saturation with alcohol solutions of hydrogel films based on copolymers of polyvinylpyrrolidone with poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate have been considered in the paper. The impact of ethanol concentration which is the most often applied for the therapeutic extracts production based on medicinal herbs has been researched. The influence of samples preparation conditions on amount of alcohol-water mixture absorption was also determined.oplastic