Volume 115, Issue 6 pp. 3311-3320

Plasma-induced, solid-state polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide

Alper Unver

Alper Unver

Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

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Guneri Akovali

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Guneri Akovali

Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 03 November 2009
Citations: 9

Abstract

The radio-frequency plasma-initiated polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) in the solid state was performed. The isolated linear polymer was characterized by 13C-NMR, 1H-NMR, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and the effects of selected operational plasma parameters (discharge power and time) on the conversion rates were studied. Reversible transitions at the volume-phase-transition temperatures of the swelled poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) hydrogels were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. The surface morphologies before and after plasma treatment were followed by scanning electron microscopy. With the obtained X-ray diffraction results, we propose a solid-state plasma polymerization mechanism for the NIPAM. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010

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