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  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Biomaterials Engineering

Background:

  • Hydrogels are crucial in biomedical applications, and their water content significantly influences their properties.
  • Understanding water's state (freezable vs. nonfreezable) and mobility within hydrogels is key to predicting performance.
  • Ethoxylated trimethylolpropane tri-3-mercaptopropionate (ETTMP) and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels are promising biomaterials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize the water within ETTMP/PEGDA hydrogels using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and pulsed field gradient spin echo nuclear magnetic resonance (PFGSE NMR).
  • To quantify freezable and nonfreezable water fractions and measure water diffusion coefficients.
  • To correlate hydrogel composition with water behavior and equilibrium water content (EWC).

Main Methods:

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) to quantify freezable and nonfreezable water.
  • Pulsed Field Gradient Spin Echo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (PFGSE NMR) to measure water diffusion coefficients.
  • Swelling studies to determine Equilibrium Water Content (EWC) at physiological temperatures.

Main Results:

  • No freezable water was detected in hydrogels with polymer mass fractions of 0.68 and higher.
  • Water diffusion coefficients decreased with increasing polymer content, indicating increased water binding.
  • Both DSC and NMR showed a decreasing ratio of bound/nonfreezable water per polymer mass as polymer content increased.
  • ETTMP/PEGDA hydrogels at polymer mass fractions of 0.25 and 0.375 reached EWC at 30 and 37 °C, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • The polymer content in ETTMP/PEGDA hydrogels critically affects water's freezable fraction and mobility.
  • Higher polymer concentrations lead to more bound water and reduced diffusion, influencing hydrogel swelling.
  • Specific ETTMP/PEGDA compositions demonstrate suitable EWC for physiological conditions, indicating potential for biomedical applications.