title: Preparation of comb-type N-isopropylacrylamide hydrogel beads and their application for size-selective separation media.
abstract: A series of the comb-type poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (NIPAM) gel beads were prepared by inverse suspension polymerization techniques. The comb-type NIPAM gel beads exhibited large volume change at 30 degrees C, and their deswelling rate, defined as the time required for half-shrinking, was 10 times faster than that of the normal-type NIPAM gel beads. The gel beads were utilized to concentrate dilute aqueous solutions of albumin, gamma-globulin, and vitamin B(12). The separation efficiencies of albumin and gamma -globulin with the comb-type NIPAM gel were 80% and 85%, respectively. Whereas those with normal-type NIPAM gel were 55% and 60%, respectively. The incorporation of grafted chains into gel makes the effective mesh size smaller. Therefore it induces the additional obstruction effects between the solutes and network and excludes the high molecular weight solutes. After they have extracted water, their rapid deswelling property makes the gel regenerate effectively by warming to release the absorbed water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Technology, Chiba University, Japan. annaka@planet1.tc.chiba-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Annaka
authors.forename: Toyoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakahira
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okano
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry*; D000418:Albumins / Q000737:chemistry; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D007700:Kinetics; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000737:chemistry; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D000418:Albumins; D005719:gamma-Globulins; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; C067295:N-isopropylacrylamide; D014805:Vitamin B 12