title: Incorporation of Magnetic Nanoparticles in New Hybrid Networks Based on Heteropolyanions and Polyacrylamide.
abstract: The copolymerization of acrylamide with the tetrafunctionalized polyanion [gamma-SiW(10)O(36)(RSiO)(4)](4-) (R=C(3)H(6)OC(O)C(Me)=CH(2)), which acts as a cross-linker, is performed in an aqueous dispersion of maghemite (gamma-Fe(2)O(3)) nanoparticles. It results in a magnetic hybrid hydrogel with superabsorption properties (see scheme). The magnetic properties of the nanoparticles enables their mobility inside the network to be estimated and their release during the swelling of the hydrogel to be observed.
authors.affiliation: ESA 7071, Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 42, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France).
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cabuil
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lalot
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thouvenot