Publication detail

Evaulation of the applicability of various porosimetry methods in investigation of the ultrastructure of hydrogels

TRUDIČOVÁ, M. ZAHRÁDKA, J. SMILEK, J. HRUBANOVÁ, K. MRÁZOVÁ, K. SEDLÁČEK, P. PEKAŘ, M.

Original Title

Evaulation of the applicability of various porosimetry methods in investigation of the ultrastructure of hydrogels

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Properties of hydrogels that define their application potential (e.g., stiffness, mechanical strength, transport properties) are primarily based on the morphology of the internal structure. Accurate analysis of the ultrastructure of hydrogels is therefore important for understanding the parameters affecting the functionality of hydrogels. Accordingly, this work was focused on the optimization and testing of methods suitable for the analysis of the nanostructure of hydrogel materials with a focus on determining the pore size. Conventional porosimetry methods (DSC thermoporometry), direct visualization methods (SEM, cryo-SEM, and AFM) as well as rheology, turbidimetry, and DLS microrheology were chosen as methods for structural analysis. Hydrogels based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were chosen as representative hydrogel systems for testing these methods. The results obtained by the individual methods were compared.

Keywords

Hydrogel, polyvinyl alcohol, structural analysis

Authors

TRUDIČOVÁ, M.; ZAHRÁDKA, J.; SMILEK, J.; HRUBANOVÁ, K.; MRÁZOVÁ, K.; SEDLÁČEK, P.; PEKAŘ, M.

Released

19. 10. 2022

Publisher

Tanger Ltd.

Location

Ostrava, CZ

ISBN

978-80-88365-07-5

Book

Nanocon 2022 Abstracts 14th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application

Edition

1

Pages from

102

Pages to

103

Pages count

1

BibTex

@misc{BUT184229,
  author="Monika {Trudičová} and Jan {Zahrádka} and Jiří {Smilek} and Kamila {Hrubanová} and Kateřina {Mrázová} and Petr {Sedláček} and Miloslav {Pekař}",
  title="Evaulation of the applicability of various porosimetry methods in investigation of the ultrastructure of hydrogels",
  booktitle="Nanocon 2022 Abstracts
14th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application",
  year="2022",
  series="1",
  pages="102--103",
  publisher="Tanger Ltd.",
  address="Ostrava, CZ",
  isbn="978-80-88365-07-5",
  note="abstract"
}