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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2013

A Hybrid Methacrylate-Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose Interpolyelectrolyte Complex: Rheometry and

Ndidi Chinyelu Ngwuluka, Yahya Essop Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Lisa Claire du Toit, Viness Pillay

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Ndidi Chinyelu NgwulukaFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. ndidi.ngwuluka@students.wits.ac.za.
Yahya Essop ChoonaraFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. yahya.choonara@wits.ac.za.
Pradeep KumarFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. pradeep.kumar@wits.ac.za.
Girish ModiFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. gmodicns@mweb.co.za.
Lisa Claire du ToitFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. lisa.dutoit@wits.ac.za.
Viness PillayFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa. viness.pillay@wits.ac.za.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rheological behavioral changes that occurred during the synthesis of an interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPEC) of methacrylate copolymer and sodium carboxymethylcellulose were assessed. These changes were compared with the rheological behavior of the individual polymers employing basic viscosity, yield stress, stress sweep, frequency sweep, temperature ramp as well as creep and recovery testing. The rheological studies demonstrated that the end-product of the complexation of low viscous methacrylate copolymer and entangled solution of sodium carboxymethylcellulose generated a polymer, which exhibited a solid-like behavior with a three-dimensional network. Additionally, the rheological profile of the sodium carboxymethylcellulose and methacrylate copolymer with respect to the effect of various concentrations of acetic acid on the synthesis of the IPEC was elucidated using molecular mechanics energy relationships (MMER) by exploring the spatial disposition of carboxymethylcellulose and methacrylate copolymer with respect to each other and acetic acid. The computational results corroborated well with the experimental

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carboxymethylcelluloseeudragithydrogelinterpolyelectrolyte complexmolecular mechanicsrheology

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PMID28788332
PMCPMC5452861

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