期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 6, 期 6, 页码 4233-4241出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am405932f
关键词
amino acids; cross-linking; hydrogel; organogel; swelling
资金
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India [SR/S1/OC-51/2010]
This work reports design and synthesis of side chain amino acid based cross-linked polymeric gels, able to switch over from organogel to hydrogel by a simple deprotection reaction and showing superabsorbancy in water. Amino acid based methacrylate monomers, tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc)-L/D-alanine methacryloyloxyethyl ester (Boc-L/D-Ala-HEMA), have been polymerized in the presence of a cross-linker via conventional free radical polymerization (FRP) and the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) technique for the synthesis of cross-linked polymer gels. The swelling behaviors of these organogels are investigated in organic solvents, and they behave as superabsorbent materials for organic solvents such as dichloromethane, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, etc. Swollen cross-linked polymer gels release the absorbed organic solvent rapidly. After Boc group deprotection from the pendant alanine moiety, the organogels transform to the hydrogels due to the formation of side chain ammonium (-NH3+) groups, and these hydrogels showed a significantly high swelling ratio (similar to 560 times than their dry volumes) in water. The morphology of organogels and hydrogels is studied by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Amino acid based cross-linked gels could find applications as absorbents for oil spilled on water as well as superabsorbent hydrogels.
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