two new samples of poly(amide-imide)/nanocomposites containing bicyclo segment and dibenzalaceton moiety in the main chain were synthesized by a solution intercalation technique. poly(amide-imide) (pai) 8 as a source of polymer matrix was synthesized by the direct polycondensation reaction of n,n´-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)bicyclo[2,2,2]oct-7-ene-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylic diimide 3 with 2,6-bis(4-amino...

In the present work, hydrogels based on acrylamide (AAm) and acrylic acid (AAc), crosslinked with N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide (MBAAm) were prepared by free radical polymerization in solution. The effect of initial AAm/AAc mole ratio and nominal crosslinking ratio (moles of crosslinking agent/moles of polymer repeat unit) on the dynamic and equilibrium swelling behaviour of hydrogels was investi...

Understanding the interfacial adsorption of polymers has become increasingly important because a wide range of scientific disciplines utilize these macromolecular structures to facilitate processes such as nanoparticle assembly, environmental remediation, electrical multilayer assembly, and surfactant adsorption. Structure and adsorption characteristics for poly(acrylic acid) at the oil-water i...

Despite the large efforts to prepare super paramagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) for biomedical applications, the number of FDA or EMA approved formulations is few. It is not known commonly that the approved formulations in many instances have already been withdrawn or discontinued by the producers; at present, hardly any approved formulations are produced and marketed. Literature survey...

Poly(acrylic acid) coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared in aqueous solutions of iron salts with in situ coating of poly(acrylic acid). Influence of reaction variables, namely, iron concentration, reactive(COOH)/iron mole ratio, base (NH4OH) amount and polymer molecular weight, primarily on hydrodynamic size and stability of the particles was investigated. Also, size a...

Space-configurational features of atactic poly(acrylic acid) in unperturbed and expanded states were analyzed in terms of the extending and coiling tendency of the backbone bond rotational states. Conformational energy calculations were performed for dyads using semi-empirical relations and the statistical analyses using statistical weight matrices U' and U" for respective dyad skeletal bond pa...

The mol-ecule of the title compound [systematic name: N-(carbamoylmeth-yl)prop-2-enamide], C(5)H(8)N(2)O(2), which can be radically polymerized to polymers with thermoresponsive behavior in aqueous solution, consists of linked essentially planar acryl-amide and amide segments [maximum deviations = 0.054 (1) and 0.009 (1) Å] with an angle of 81.36 (7)° between their mean planes. In the crystal, ...

We report the synthesis of a highly loaded and thermally stable Cu-containing mesoporous silica, which was developed by making use of poly(acrylic acid) (Pac) assembled with surfactant (C(16)TAB), as template. On this backbone, TEOS and Cu(II) hydrolysis takes place leading to the development of the final mesostructure. Poly(acrylic acid) is used not only as a micelle structural component but a...

In this study, a novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogel composed of crosslinked sodium alginate and poly(acryl acid) was prepared for transdermal delivery of an antihypertensive drug, prazosin hydrochloride. Due to the reversible swelling behavior of the hydrogels, the synthesized networks can sense the environmental pH change and achieve an oscillatory release pattern. Using dru...

In this paper, the synthesis of new montmorillonite nanocomposite hydrogel (MMTNH) based on poly (acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) grafted onto starch, is described. Montmorillonite (MMT) as nanometer base, acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AAm) as monomers, ammonium persulfate (APS) as an initiator, N,N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinker and starch as a biocompatible polymer were pre...