pH‐Responsive itaconic acid‐based villous‐like hydrogels for water‐plugging materials

Author:

Xue Xiaojie1,He Yueqi1,Jia Runping12ORCID,Qian Hongxiang2,Lin Yongfei3,Xu Xiaowei1,Shi Jichao1,Chang Shufang1,Cui Aihua3

Affiliation:

1. School of Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai Institute of Technology Shanghai China

2. Research and Development Department Shanghai Huide Science & Technology Co., Ltd Shanghai China

3. Technical Department Jiangsu Luyuan New Material Co., Ltd. Nantong China

Abstract

AbstractThe development of new methods to improve the water absorption performance of polymeric materials, taking into account their environmental friendliness, is a promising research direction in Itaconic acid based water‐absorbent polymeric materials. In this study, from the perspective of environmental protection, we propose to design highly absorbent hydrogels with a novel villous‐like structure by using hydrophilic itaconic acid as the raw material and combining it with a novel villous‐like network structure to substantially increase the contact area between the hydrogel and water, thus improving the water absorption rate of the hydrogel. Itaconic acid is water‐soluble and renewable. The widespread use of polymeric water‐absorbent polymers from traditional petroleum sources poses a serious threat to the sustainability of ecosystems, and therefore, itaconic acid has attracted much attention as an alternative to petroleum‐based polymers. The villous‐like network structure is inspired by the villi of the small intestine, the special presence of which expands the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by a factor of about 600, and it is therefore hypothesized that the introduction of this special structure could help the hydrogel to greatly increase the contact area with water and thus achieve the high water absorption properties of the hydrogel. This is also the first time that the villus‐like network structure has been applied to Itaconic acid based hydrogels. The results show that the hydrogel has the property of rapid water absorption and swelling and the water absorption rate of the hydrogel can reach up to 2210 g/g, and the villous‐like structure formed by the hydrogel can be observed in the SEM image. The water‐absorption test of the hydrogel showed that when the molar mass ratio of itaconic acid to acrylic acid was 1:4, the hydrogel absorbed water and swelled rapidly in a short time. The results of the water retention test showed that the hydrogel still existed after 5 days, and the water retention was greater than 86%. In addition, the hydrogel had high reusability, and the water absorption performance of the hydrogel could still reach 89.12% after 6 cycles of the water absorption test. Hydrogel with high water‐absorbing property has good application prospects as fast swelling material in the field of flood control of water conservancy projects.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Wiley

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