Quantifying hydrogel response using laser light scattering

Joshua M. G. Swann; Wim Bras; Jonathan R. Howse; Paul D. Topham; Anthony J. Ryan

doi:10.1039/B918249G

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Quantifying hydrogel response using laser light scattering

Joshua M. G. Swann,^a Wim Bras,^b Jonathan R. Howse,*^c Paul D. Topham*^d and Anthony J. Ryan^a

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Department of Chemistry, University Of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, DUBBLE, ESRF, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, Grenoble Cédex 9, France

Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
E-mail: j.r.howse@shef.ac.uk

Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
E-mail: p.d.topham@aston.ac.uk

Soft Matter, 2010,6, 743-749

DOI: 10.1039/B918249G
Received 03 Sep 2009, Accepted 27 Oct 2009
First published online 17 Nov 2009

This article is part of themed collection: Emerging themes in soft matter: responsive and active soft materials

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The pH and counter-ion response of a microphase separated poly(methyl methacrylate)-block-poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) hydrogel has been investigated using laser light scattering on an imprinted micron scale topography. A quartz diffraction grating was used to create a micron-sized periodic structure on the surface of a thin film of the polymer and the resulting diffraction pattern used to calculate the swelling ratio of the polymer film in situ. A potentiometric titration and a sequence of counter ion species, taken from the Hofmeister series, have been used to compare the results obtained using this novel technique against small angle X-ray scattering (nanoscopic) and gravimetric studies of bulk gel pieces (macroscopic). For the first time, the technique has been proven to be an inexpensive and effective analytical tool for measuring hydrogel response on the microscopic scale.

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