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Dr. Kazutoshi Haraguchi

at Kawamura Institute of Chemical Research

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2007 Paper

The unique optical and physical properties of soft, transparent, stimulus-sensitive nanocomposite gels

Kazutoshi Haraguchi, Huan-jun Li, Liyuan Song

Proceedings Volume 6654, 66540O (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734714

KEYWORDS: Transmittance, Polymers, Transparency, Temperature metrology, Polymerization, Nanocomposites, Absorption, Adsorption, Bismuth, Opacity

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A new type of polymer hydrogel with a unique organic (polymer)/inorganic (clay) network structure has been synthesized by the in-situ free-radical polymerization of N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPA) in the presence of exfoliated clay platelets in an aqueous medium. The resulting nanocomposite hydrogels (NC gels) consisting of PNIPA and clay (hectorite) exhibit extraordinary optical, mechanical and swelling properties. NC gels also show a clear phase transition due to the coil-to-globule transition of the PNIPA chains. It was observed that the phase-transition temperature (lower critical solution temperature: LCST), defined as the onset temperature of a steep transmittance drop, shifts to a lower or higher temperature than that of pure water (≅ 34 °C) when conditions are altered. When an inorganic salt, such as NaCl, CaCl₂ and AlCl₃, was added to the surrounding water, the LCST of the NC gels generally shifted to a lower temperature, in a manner almost inversely proportional to the salt concentration. On the other hand, when the NC gels adsorbed cationic surfactant, e.g. hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, the LCST shifted toward a higher temperature, although the shift and its profile strongly depended on the adsorption conditions, such as the surfactant concentration and the adsorption time. Consequently, non-thermo-sensitive NC gel was obtained by using a surfactant aqueous solution with a concentration higher than the critical micelle concentration.

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