Microstructure of polymer hydrogels studied by pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion and TEM methods
Journal article, 2011

The microstructure of various alginate gels have been studied by pulsed field gradient NMR (PFG NMR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The reduced diffusivity of dendrimer diffusion within the gels has been obtained from PFG NMR diffusion experiments. The polymer strand radius, an important microstructural property, has been extracted from various diffusion models. The results agree well with the polymer strand radii obtained from image analysis of the corresponding TEM micrographs.

solvent

hindered transport

model

gelation

fibrous membranes

alginate

composition

formulations

nuclear-magnetic-resonance

methanol-water mixtures

gels

Author

Diana Bernin

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Applied Surface Chemistry

SuMo Biomaterials

G. J. Goudappel

Unilever

M. van Ruijven

Unilever

A. Altskär

SIK – the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology

Anna Ström

Unilever

Mats Rudemo

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Statistics

A. M. Hermansson

SIK – the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology

Magnus Nydén

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Applied Surface Chemistry

SuMo Biomaterials

Soft Matter

1744-683X (ISSN) 1744-6848 (eISSN)

Vol. 7 12 5711-5716

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1039/c1sm05070b

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