Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (2): 382.

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Preparation and Properties of Physically Cross-linked Poly(vinyl alcohol)/ Hydroxy-terminated Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Hydrogels

WU Xu-Ye, HUANG Shi-Wen, ZHANG Jian-Tao, ZHUO Ren-Xi   

  1. Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Minstry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2003-08-12 Online:2004-02-24 Published:2004-02-24

Abstract: Novel physically cross-linked hydrogels, composed of PVA and hydroxy-terminated polyamidoamine(PAMAM) dendrimer G6-OH, were prepared by cyclic freezing/thawing treatment of aqueous solutions containing PVA and G6-OH. FTIR analysis indicates that PAMAM dendrimer G6-OH was successfully introduced into PVA hydrogels. Higher contents of G6-OH in PVA/G6-OH hydrogels resulted in higher swelling ratios, and faster reswelling rates. With the increase of freezing/thawing cyclic times, the swelling ratios and reswelling rates of PVA/G6-OH hydrogels decreased, which is similar to that of physically cross-linked PVA hydrogel.

Key words: Hydrogel, PVA, Polyamidoamine dendrimer, Freezing-thawing, Physically cross-linked

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