2023 (3) 4
https://doi.org/10.15407/polymerj.45.03.214
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS BASED ON CHITOSAN AND POLYACRYLAMIDE
О. Nadtoka,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64/13, Volodymyrska Street, City Of Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601,
ORCID: 0000-0003-1868-3885
О. Vashchenko,
Institute for Scintillation Materials, 60, ave. Nauky, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61172,
ORCID: 0000-0002-7447-9080
N. Kutsevol,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64/13, Volodymyrska Street, City Of Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601,
ORCID: 0000-0002-1468-4111
Polym. J., 2023, 45, no. 3: 214-220.
Section: Structure and properties.
Language: Ukrainian.
Abstract:
The thermal properties of cross-linked polymers based on chitosan and polyacrylamide were studied. Samples of the resulting network polymers, which included chains of polyacrylamide and chitosan, were obtained as hydrogel materials by radical polymerization of acrylamide in the presence of chitosan using the redox system of cerium (IV) ammonium nitrate as an initiator and N,N’-methylene-bis-acrylamide as a crosslinker. The structure of the obtained polymers was confirmed by comparing their IR spectra with the spectra of chitosan and polyacrylamide. It was shown that in the IR spectrum of the chitosan-containing sample, the peak at 2932 cm -1 indicates the presence of CH2 groups in the polymer chains and the formation of cross-links. Deformation and valence vibrations of the amide group in polyacrylamide are observed at 1600–1660 cm -1, and the band at 1633 and 1411 cm -1, which appears when the amide bond of polyacrylamide is formed, corresponds to C-N vibrations in the graft copolymer. These characteristic bands confirm the possibility of graft copolymerization of acrylamide on chitosan.
The influence of the mass ratio of chitosan and polyacrylamide on the thermal properties of polymer systems was investigated by the method of thermogravimetric and differential thermogravimetric analysis. Atmospheric gas (1 bar, 40 % relative humidity) was used in all thermoanalytical measurements. The samples were examined after vacuum drying at 4 × 10-7 bar and 60 °C using Concentrator Plus. TGA and DTG curves were obtained in the temperature range from 30 to 500 °C with a scanning speed of 5 °C/min using 40 μl aluminum oxide crucibles. It was established that increasing the concentration of chitosan during synthesis reduces the amount of bound water in the obtained samples. Analysis of thermal destruction at the final stages of heating indicates that the presence of chitosan in samples of cross-linked polymers increases their heat resistance by 10–15 °C.
The obtained regularities can be used in the creation of composite materials for hydrogel wound dressings and covering medical agents for external use.
Key words: polyacrylamide, chitosan, cross-linked polymers, thermal analysis.
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