title: Electrochemical, pulsed-field-gradient spin-echo NMR spectroscopic, and ESR spectroscopic study of the diffusivity of molecular probes inside gel-type cross-linked polymers.
abstract: The permeability of five gel-type synthetic resins, obtained by polymerization of 1-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one cross-linked with N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt %) and swollen by N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), has been analyzed. The diffusion of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-oxo-1-piperidinyloxyl (TEMPONE) was studied by ultramicroelectrode voltammetry. Similar measurements were performed for solutions of non-cross-linked poly(vinylpyrrolidone) in DMF. To provide information on the rotational mobility of TEMPONE and the translational mobility of DMF, electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopic and pulsed-field-gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance (PGSE-NMR) spectroscopic experiments, respectively, were carried out. Comparative analysis of the results obtained by electrochemical, ESR spectroscopic, and PGSE-NMR spectroscopic measurements showed that diffusivity inside the polymer framework is significantly affected by the extent of cross-linking, the size of the diffusing probe, and the presence of electrolytes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy. benedetto.corain@unipd.it
authors.forename: Benedetto
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corain
authors.forename: Angelo A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: D'Archivio
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galantini
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lora
authors.forename: Abdirisak A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Isse
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maran