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ArticleScientific reports2026

The contribution of soil extract composition and cyclic moisture dynamics to the physicochemical aging of superabsorbent polyacrylic acid and polyacrylamide hydrogels.

Janina Neff, Christian Buchmann

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Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Janina NeffInstitute for Environmental Sciences, Group of Soil and Environmental Chemistry, IES Landau, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau, Germany.
Christian BuchmannInstitute for Environmental Sciences, Group of Soil and Environmental Chemistry, IES Landau, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau, Germany. c.buchmann@rptu.de.

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Abstract

Polyacrylic acid (PAA) and polyacrylamide (PAM), two synthetic superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) commonly used, inter alia, in agriculture, can form three‑dimensional hydrogels that enhance soil water retention and soil structural stability. Yet, their potential aging and transformation under natural drying-rewetting dynamics and in contact with soil solutes remain unclear. In this study, we examined the effect of soil extracts from sand, loam, and clay soil in both a 72 h free swelling experiment (FSE) and in an incubation experiment (IE), where PAA and PAM hydrogels underwent ten successive drying-rewetting cycles. Samples were taken after cycles 0, 3, 5, and 10 and investigated for their swelling index (SI), water entrapment (

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Drying-rewetting cyclesHydrogel agingPolyacrylamidePolyacrylic acidSoil extracts

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PMID42168414
PMCPMC13195083

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