Poly(acrylamide-chitosan) hydrogels: Interaction with surfactants

K. Varaprasad*, N. Narayana Reddy, N. Mithil Kumar, K. Vimala, S. Ravindra, K. Mohana Raju

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Abstract

Semi-interpenetrating hydrogels were prepared from hydrophilic acrylamide and cationic natural biopolymer chitosan, N,N1-methylenebisacrylamide and water-soluble redox initiating system(ammonium persulfate/N,N,N 1,N1-tetramethylethylenediamine). The interaction of these hydrogels with different surfactants such as sodiumdodecylsulphate (SDS, anionic), N-cetyl N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTA, cationic) and Tween20 (T20 non-ionic) was studied. The chemical structure of the hydrogels treated with surfactant was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and the morphology of hydrogels was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The thermal properties of surfactant-treated hydrogels were evaluated by TGA analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)981-993
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials
Volume59
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Polymers and Plastics

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