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Hydrogels: Methods of Preparation, Characterisation and Applications

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H. Gulrez, Syed K., Al-Assaf, Saphwan, O, Glyn·2011·Progress in Molecular and Environmental Bioengineering - From Analysis and Modeling to Technology Applications
DOI 10.5772/24553
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Mechanism of network formationGelation refers to the linking of macromolecular chains together which initially leads to progressively larger branched yet soluble polymers depending on the structure and conformation of the starting material.The mixture of such polydisperse soluble branched polymer is called 'sol'.Continuation of the linking process results in increasing the size of the branched polymer with decreasing solubility.This 'infinite polymer' is called the 'gel' or 'network' and is permeated with finite branched polymers.The transition from a system with finite branched polymer to infinite molecules is called 'sol-gel transition' (or 'gelation') and the critical point where gel first appears is called the 'gel point' (Rubinstein & Colby, 2003).Different types of gelation mechanism are summarised in Figure 1.Gelation can take place either by physical linking (physical gelation) or by chemical linking (chemical gelation).Physical gels can be sub categorised as strong physical gels and weak gels.Strong physical gel has strong physical bonds between polymer chains and is effectively permanent www.intechopen.com

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H. Gulrez, S. K., Al-Assaf, S., & O, G.
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Progress in Molecular and Environmental Bioengineering - From Analysis and Modeling to Technology Applications
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InTech
Published
2011-08-01
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10.5772/24553
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