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Significant Interfacial Dielectric Relaxation of Covalently Bonded Ice-Hydrogels.

ABSTRACT: Hydrogels are composed of a three-dimensional network of cross-linked hydrophilic polymer chains and large amounts of water. The physicochemical properties of the polymer-water interface in hydrogels draw our attention. Due to the complex structure of hydrogel systems, it is still a challenge to investigate the interfacial layer properties of hydrogels through experiments. In this work, we investigate the properties of the covalently bonded chitosan-based ice-hydrogels interfacial layer by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) techniques in the presence of avoided electrode polarization. The DRS data exhibit that the polymer-water interfacial layer has a strong dielectric signal response, which indicates that a large number of polar electric dipoles or polar molecules may be contained in the interfacial layer. The variable temperature dielectric relaxation behavior of a series of chitosan-base ice-hydrogels showed that the value of dielectric activation energy for different water contents is about 180 kJ/mol, which is much larger than that of the polymer and ice phases, suggesting a strong coupling of polar electric dipoles within the interfacial layer. This work demonstrates the important role of the polymer-water interface in covalently bonded hydrogels, which will provide assistance in the design and application of covalently bonded hydrogels.

SUBMITTER: Li Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9322482 | biostudies-literature |

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