Abstract
AbstractA new synthesis method of pH‐response superabsorbent hydrogels (SHG) was achieved by direct ultraviolet (UV) photopolymerization, and in particular, the synthesis of SHGs of acrylic acid (AA), sodium acrylate (AANa), and methacrylcholine chloride (MACC) tricomponent copolymer by UV photopolymerization were investigated. The pH value responsive behavior of SHG with different monomer ratios of MACC and AA was researched, and SHG showed large swelling properties at pH value approximately 7. Influences of monomer ratio (mol) of AANa to AA, photoinitiators, crosslinking agents, and exposure time of UV light on the water absorbent properties were studied. The results showed that the water absorbent capacity of SHG based on photoinitiators: Esacure KTO46 or Irgacure 651 can reach comparatively high, N,N′‐Methylene bisacrylamide and diethylene glycol diacrylate (DEGDA) were high efficient crosslinking agents for its crosslinking the molecular chains through attending the copolymerization with monomers. When the exposure time was 10 min, the distilled water absorbency of SHG was 1503 mL/g under the condition: content of MACC, 14.3 wt %; monomer ratio (mol) of AANa to AA: 5.67; content of DEGDA and Irgacure 651, 0.0025 and 0.25 wt %. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 1847–1852, 2007
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