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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2018.24.2.112

Preparation and Properties of Crosslinked Thermo-responsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Gel Materials For Smart Windows - Effect of Glycerol Content in Water/Glycerol Solvent -  

Park, Jae-Hyong (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Il-Jin (Korea Institute of Footwear and Leather Technology)
Lee, Dong-Jin (Korea Institute of Footwear and Leather Technology)
Sim, Jae-Hak (Korea Institute of Footwear and Leather Technology)
Song, Min-Seop (Korea Institute of Footwear and Leather Technology)
Lee, Young-Hee (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
Yoo, Jung-Whan (KNW)
Kim, Han-Do (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Clean Technology / v.24, no.2, 2018 , pp. 112-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thermo-responsive polymers that exhibit phase transition in response to temperature change can be used as materials for smart windows because they can control solar light transmission depending on the outside temperature. The development of thermo-responsive polymers for smart windows that can be used over a wide temperature range is desirable. To obtain high performance smart windows materials, three-dimensional thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) gels were prepared by free radical polymerization from monomer N-isopropylacrylamide, N, N'-methylenebis acrylamide (MBAm) as a crosslinking agent, ammonium persulfate (APS) as a strong oxidizing agent/tetramethylene diamine as a catalyst, and a mixture of two solvents (water/glycerol). This study examined the effect of glycerol content on the lower critical solution temperature (LCST), freezing temperature and the solar light transmittance of crosslinked PNIPAm gel films. The LCST and freezing temperature of PNIPAm gel films were found to be significantly decreased from 34.3 and $6.3^{\circ}C$ to 28.2 and $-6.5^{\circ}C$ with increasing glycerol content from 0 wt% to 10 wt%, respectively. It was found that the transparent PNIPAm gel films at $25^{\circ}C$ (temperature < LCST) were converted to translucent gels at higher temperature ($45^{\circ}C$) (temperature > LCST). These results suggested that the crosslinked PNIPAm gel materials prepared in this study could have high potential for application in smart glass materials.
Keywords
Thermo-responsive polymer; poly(N-isopropylacrylamide); Glycerol; Low critical solution temperature; Smart window;
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