title: Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels: their synthesis and steps towards control of electroendosmosis.
abstract: Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVAl) hydrogel networks cross-linked with glutaraldehyde were prepared and their properties as membranes examined using a variety of techniques including preparative electrophoresis. Electroendosmosis (EEO) was observed and shown to be the result of charges on the membrane and of complexation with borate buffer ions. Investigation of "glutaraldehyde" solutions showed acid entities in, or formed in "glutaraldehyde" were responsible for EEO. Techniques for using "glutaraldehyde" which minimize EEO are described.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Science Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Purss
authors.forename: Marcus J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Caulfield
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sommer-Knudsen
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000032:analysis; D002021:Buffers; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004355:Drug Stability; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004586:Electrophoresis; D005976:Glutaral; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009995:Osmosis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012996:Solutions; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D000447:Aldehydes; D002021:Buffers; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D020100:Hydrogels; D012996:Solutions; C062364:polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D005976:Glutaral