Browsing by Author "Aktas, Demet Kaya"
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A Fluorescence Study on Swelling of Hydrogels (PAAm) at Various Cross-Linker Contents
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2009)Disk-shaped acrylamide (AAm) gels were prepared from AAm with various NN'-methylenebisacrylamide (Bis) contents as cross-linker in the presence of ammonium persulfate as an initiator by free-radical cross-linking copolymerization in water. Polyacrylamide (PAAm) gels were dried before using for swelling experiments. Steady-state fluorescence spectrometer was employed during the swelling of PAAm hydrogels in water. Pyranine was introduced as a fluorescence probe. Fluorescence intensity of pyranine ...
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Critical Exponents of Gelation and Conductivity in Polyacrylamide Gels Doped by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
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Publisher and Date:(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010)Polyacrylamide (PAM) doped by multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT) gels were prepared with different amounts of MWNTs varying in the range between 0.1 and 15 wt%. The PAM-MWNT composite gels were characterized by the steady state fluorescence technique (SSF). The alternative electrical conductivity (AC) of PAM-MWNT composite gels was measured by the dielectric spectroscopy technique. Observations around the gel point t(gel) for PAM-MWNTs composite gels showed that the gel fraction exponent beta ...
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In situ steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique to study drying of PAAm hydrogels made of various cross-linker contents
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Publisher and Date:(Elsevier Science, 2009)Drying experiments of polyacrylamide (PAAm) gels were performed using steady-state fluorescence (SSF) spectrometer. Pyranine (P) was introduced as a fluorescence probe and intensity of P from various crosslinker content gel samples was monitored. It was observed that the intensity of P increased during the in situ drying processes. Gravimetrical and volumetric experiments were also performed. An empirical model was derived and introduced to determine the desorption coefficient D of water molecules ...
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Phase Transitions in Pure and Hybrid Hydrogels: A Fluorescence Study
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2009)Recent observations on phase transitions around the critical point showed that the critical exponents differed drastically from percolation results and classical results for pure hydrogel systems depending on monomer concentration. in addition to pure hydrogels the sol-gel phase transition during radical crosslinking copolymerization of acrylamide (AAm) and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPA) hybrid was studied by using the steady state fluorescence (SSF) technique. NN'-methylenebis(acrylamide) (BIS) and ...
