Novel complexation hydrogel nanospheres of poly(methacrylic acid-grafted-poly(ethylene glycol)) (P(MAA-gEG)) were prepared by dispersion polymerization to be used for protein delivery applications. Polymerization was conducted in solvents such as deionized water, ethanol/water, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid, and acetic acid solutions. When polymerizing in deionized water we produced nanos...

In this study, poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), poly(acrylamide) (PAAM), poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc), and poly(methacrylic (PMAc) polymers are synthesized by radical polymerization method. The chemical composition surface morphology of the PMAc polymer examined micro-Raman spectroscopy scanning electron microscopy (SEM). electrochemical measurements cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry...

The large strain deformation behaviors of an ethylene methacrylic acid (EMAA) copolymer and an ethylene methacrylic acid butyl acrylate (EMAABA) copolymer are evaluated and compared in compression over nearly eight orders of magnitude in strain rate, from 10 4 to almost 104/s. Transition regimes are quantified using dynamic mechanical analysis. The stress–strain behavior of these copolymers exh...

In this work, a novel superabsorbent hydrogel composite based on collagen have been prepared via graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) in the presence of kaolin powder by using methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent and ammonium persulphate (APS) as an initiator. A proposed mechanism for hydrogel formation was suggested and the structure of the composite was established...