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NMR Imaging of Water Sorption Into Poly(hydroxyethyl Methacrylate-Co-Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate)

NMR Imaging of Water Sorption Into Poly(hydroxyethyl Methacrylate-Co-Tetrahydrofurfuryl Methacrylate)

P Y Ghi, D J Hill, A K Whittaker

Biomacromolecules. Summer 2001;2(2):504-10.

PMID: 11749213

Abstract:

The diffusion of water into a series of hydroxyethyl methacrylate, HEMA, copolymers with tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, THFMA, has been studied over a range of copolymer compositions using NMR imaging analyses. For polyHEMA the diffusion was found to be consistent with a Fickian model. The mass diffusion coefficient of water in polyHEMA at 37 degrees C was determined from the profiles of the diffusion front to be 1.5 x 10(-11) m(2) s(-1), which is less than the value based upon mass uptake, 2.0 x 10(-11) m(2) s(-1). The profiles of the water diffusion front obtained from the NMR images showed that stress was induced at the interface between the rubbery and glassy regions which led to formation of small cracks in this region of the glassy matrix of polyHEMA and its copolymers with mole fractions of HEMA greater than 0.6. Water was shown to be able to enter these cracks forming water "pools". For copolymers of HEMA and THFMA with mole fractions of HEMA less than 0.6 the absence of cracks was attributed to the ability of the THFMA sequences to undergo stress relaxation by creep.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS73317	Poly(tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate)			Price

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