Evaporation kinetics in swollen porous polymeric networks
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2014Author
Velasco, Manuel Isaac
Silletta, Emilia Victoria
Gomez, Cesar Gerardo
Strumia, Miriam Cristina
Monti, Gustavo Alberto
Acosta, Rodolfo Héctor
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Polymer matrices with well defined structure and pore sizes are widely used in several areas of chemistry such as catalysis, enzyme immobilization, HPLC, adsorbents or controlled drug release. These polymers have pores in its structure both in the dry and swollen state. Although it is well known that the structures and properties greatly differ between these two states, only few methods provide information about the swollen one, even though most of the applications involve the matrices in this situation. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is a suitable tool for the study of the molecular dynamics of different liquids spatially confined in macro, meso and nanopores, through changes in the relaxation times. In transverse relaxation experiments, either diffusion inside the pore, or relaxation induced by mobility restriction of the liquid near the wall, are additional
sources of relaxation, which are extremely useful in the determination of structural and functional properties.