Water sorption and polymer dynamics in hybrid poly(2-hydroxyethyl-co-ethyl acrylate)/silica hydrogels

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Stathopoulos, A ^a   Klonos, P ^a   Kyritsis, A ^a   Pissis, P ^a   Christodoulides, C ^a   Rodriguez Hernandez J C ^b   Monleon Pradas M ^b   Gomez Ribelles J L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Poly(2 hydroxyethyl co ethyl acrylate); Silica; Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Currents; Water sorption isotherms

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; CRITICAL REGION; DISTILLED WATER; DRY STATE; ETHYL ACRYLATES; HYBRID COPOLYMER; HYDRATION PROPERTIES; HYDROPHILIC REGIONS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INORGANIC NETWORK; NANO SCALE; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC PHASE; POLY(2-HYDROXYETHYL-CO-ETHYL ACRYLATE); POLYMER DYNAMICS; POLYMER NETWORKS; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SECONDARY RELAXATION PROCESS; SILICA CONTENT; SILICA NETWORKS; SOL-GEL METHODS; STRUCTURAL HOMOGENEITY; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENTS; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER CLUSTER; WATER MOLECULE; WATER SORPTION; WATER SORPTION ISOTHERMS; WATER VAPOR ATMOSPHERE;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COPOLYMERIZATION; DEPOLARIZATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SORPTION; SPACE PROBES; WATER VAPOR;

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 70449625792     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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