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@ARTICLE{Krakovsk:281844,
author = {Krakovský, Ivan and Szekely, Noemi},
title = {{SANS} study on influence of temperature on nanophase
separation in epoxy-based hydrogels},
journal = {European polymer journal},
volume = {71},
issn = {0014-3057},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-01511},
pages = {336 - 351},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Effect of temperature on nanophase separated structure of
epoxy-based hydrogels containing polyoxyethylene (POE),
polyoxypropylene (POP) and diglycidyl ether of Bisphenol A
propoxylate (PDGEBA) was studied using small-angle neutron
scattering (SANS). At the macroscopic level, increase of
temperature causes an expulsion of water from the hydrogels.
At the microscopic level, the expulsion of water is
accompanied by redistribution of water and POE inside the
hydrogels. Two kinds of structure have been revealed in the
hydrogels by SANS. The structure with shorter characteristic
length measured by Bragg’s distance (ca 70–80 Å) is
observed in all hydrogels and at all investigated
temperatures (5–80 °C). It is attributed to a
distribution of water into water-rich and water-poor domains
caused by nanophase separation of the crosslinked system due
to differences in interaction of individual network building
blocks with water. The water-rich domains consist of a part
of POE blocks mixed with water. The water-poor domains
consist of POP and PDGEBA blocks mixed with a small amount
of water and remaining POE blocks. The domains are separated
by a diffuse interface with effective thickness ca 7–10 Å
as estimated from deviations from Porod’s law. Formation
of a new structure with longer characteristic length (ca 240
Å) is observed in the highly non-stoichiometric hydrogels.
Its contribution to SANS becomes more pronounced with
increasing temperature. This contribution is attributed to
the formation of regions of pure water (water pools) as a
new hydrogel phase that is enabled by low network density
and high amount of pending chains in the highly
non-stoichiometric epoxy networks subject to swelling.},
cin = {JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
(München) ; JCNS-FRM-II / Neutronenstreuung ; JCNS-1},
ddc = {670},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106},
pnm = {6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for
Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000362603800027},
doi = {10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.08.009},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/281844},
}