In situ steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique to study drying of PAAm hydrogels made of various cross-linker contents

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2009

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Aktas, Demet Kaya
Pekcan, Önder

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Elsevier Science

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Drying experiments of polyacrylamide (PAAm) gels were performed using steady-state fluorescence (SSF) spectrometer. Pyranine (P) was introduced as a fluorescence probe and intensity of P from various crosslinker content gel samples was monitored. It was observed that the intensity of P increased during the in situ drying processes. Gravimetrical and volumetric experiments were also performed. An empirical model was derived and introduced to determine the desorption coefficient D of water molecules from the drying PAAm gels. It is observed that D increased as the cross-linker content was increased. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Crosslinker, Drying, Fluorescence, Hydrogels

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48

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2

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600

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605