Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solvent

A Fast Transient Fluorescence Technique (FTRF) was employed for studying swelling of disc shaped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) gels, which were prepared by free radical copolymerization of methyl (methacrylate) (MMA) using various ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) contents at 60 ∘C. Pyrene (...

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Main Authors: M. Erdoğan, Ö. Pekcan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1110662X05000061
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description A Fast Transient Fluorescence Technique (FTRF) was employed for studying swelling of disc shaped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) gels, which were prepared by free radical copolymerization of methyl (methacrylate) (MMA) using various ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) contents at 60 ∘C. Pyrene (P) was introduced as a fluorescence probe during polymerization. Swelling experiments were performed by using P doped PMMA gels under chloroform vapor and in chloroform at room temperature. P lifetimes in and out of the gel were measured from fluorescence decay traces during in-situ swelling experiments. It was observed that P lifetimes in the gel decreased as swelling proceeds. An equation is derived for low quenching efficiencies to interpret the behavior of P lifetimes during swelling. The Li-Tanaka equation was used to determine the cooperative, Dc diffusion coefficients for the gels made at various crosslinker contents. It is observed that Dc values decrease as the crosslinker content is increased both in chloroform vapor and in chloroform.
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spelling doaj-art-2b93533ea4a242e28ef2a8422f64c5552025-08-20T02:04:31ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X2005-01-0171374310.1155/S1110662X05000061Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solventM. Erdoğan0Ö. Pekcan1Department of Physics, Balikesir University, Balikesir 10100, TurkeyDepartment of Physics, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 80626, TurkeyA Fast Transient Fluorescence Technique (FTRF) was employed for studying swelling of disc shaped poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) gels, which were prepared by free radical copolymerization of methyl (methacrylate) (MMA) using various ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) contents at 60 ∘C. Pyrene (P) was introduced as a fluorescence probe during polymerization. Swelling experiments were performed by using P doped PMMA gels under chloroform vapor and in chloroform at room temperature. P lifetimes in and out of the gel were measured from fluorescence decay traces during in-situ swelling experiments. It was observed that P lifetimes in the gel decreased as swelling proceeds. An equation is derived for low quenching efficiencies to interpret the behavior of P lifetimes during swelling. The Li-Tanaka equation was used to determine the cooperative, Dc diffusion coefficients for the gels made at various crosslinker contents. It is observed that Dc values decrease as the crosslinker content is increased both in chloroform vapor and in chloroform.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1110662X05000061
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Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solvent
International Journal of Photoenergy
title Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solvent
title_full Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solvent
title_fullStr Comparison of gel swelling under organic vapor and in organic solvent
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