Blood compatibility of polyamides has been improved by introducing amido-amine groups in polymer backbone. Polyamide block-copolymer are synthesized by reacting amine end-capped polyamides with N,N'-methylene-bisacrylamide. Polyamide block-copolymers, thus produced found to have the ability of absorbing heparin. Heparinized polyamide block-copolymers have shown significant improvement in blood ...

In the present study, a set of hydrogels were synthesized using N-isopropylacrylamide with various cross linkers at dosages via free radical polymerization. Thermal and structural properties characterized thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) Fourier Transformation Infrared Radiation (FTIR) spectroscopy. The effect crosslinkers such as N,N´-Methylenebisacrylamide, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGD...

An important application of starch grafted with copolymers from unsaturated organic acids is the use as water absorbent. Although much research has been published in recent years, the kinetics of water absorption and the swelling behavior of starch based superabsorbents are relatively unexplored. Also, water retention under mechanical strain is usually not reported. Cassava starch was used sinc...

In the current study, a novel ionic liquid-based zwitterionic organic polymer monolithic column was developed by copolymerizing 1-vinyl-3-(butyl-4-sulfonate) imidazolium, acrylamide and N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide in a quaternary porogenic solvent consisting of formamide, dimethyl sulphoxide, polyethylene glycol 8000 and polyethylene glycol 10,000 for capillary hydrophilic interaction chromatog...

In this paper, a novel gelatin-based hydrogel was synthesized through crosslinking graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) onto gelatin, using ammonium persulfate (APS) as a free radical initiator in the presence of methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinker. A proposed mechanism for hydrogel formation was suggested and the structure of the product was established using FTIR spectro...

Hydrogels, such as those based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA), are hydrophilic three dimensional network structures that undergo extensive swelling in water. PolyHIPEs are highly porous, crosslinked polymers typically synthesized within high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). This research describes materials with enhanced water absorption that combine hydrogel water absorption wit...

In the present paper, a novel superabsorbent hydrogel composite based on carrageenan have been prepared via graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) in the presence of kaolin powder using methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent and ammonium persulfate (APS) as an initiator. The certain variables of the graft copolymerization (i.e. the monomer, the initiator and the crosslinker c...