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Thermodynamics of Water Sorption in Radiation-

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BERNARD KHAW,* BUDDY D. RATNER, and ALLAN S. HOFFMAN** Department of Chemical Engineering and Center for Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. 98195 Hydrogels are lightly crosslinked, water swollen polymer networks and they have been suggested for or applied to a number of biomedical applications (e.g., 1-3). Since bulk hydrogels display relatively poor mechanical properties when water swollen, it is of interest to coat them onto stronger support materials. Radiation graft copolymerization is a useful technique for preparing a covalently bonded coating of one polymer on or within the surface region of another polymer and i t has been used to graft hydrogels to stronger polymer supports (3,4,5). It has been hypothesized that both the content and "structural character" of the water which is sorbed in hydrogels can be important determinants of the biological response at the interface with a hydrogel (6,7,8). It has become important, therefore, to study the manner in which water molecules are taken up by these hydrogel-grafted films, in order to find a correlation between the structure and character of the water in these gels and their biocompatibility. From this knowledge i t may be possible to design improved biomaterials by adjusting the water sorption behavior to some predetermined ideal. One way of studying the mode in which water molecules are taken up by hydrogels is by means of the thermodynamic parameters for the sorption of water vapor into the hydrogels. This paper describes the thermodynamics of water sorption in three different hydrogels, which were radiation grafted to silicone rubber fi1ms. Materials and Methods Three monomers were used in these studies: Hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), generously supplied by Hydro-Med Sciences of New Brunswick, N.J. and used as received; N-vinyl pyrrolidone (N-VP) purchased from Matheson, Coleman and Bell and purified by double distillation; and ethylene glycol dimethacry1 ate (EGDMA) purchased from Monomer-Polymer Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA. and used as received. Films of Medical Grade Silastic were * Present Address: ITT Rayonier, Shelton, Wash. ** To whom reprint requests should be directed. 295

In Hydrogels for Medical and Related Applications; Andrade, J.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1976.

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p u r c h a s e d f r o m Dow-Corning C o r p , T h e i r ( n o m i n a l ) t h i c k n e s s was lOmil. The method used f o r r a d i a t i o n g r a f t i n g has been d e s c r i b e d i n p r e v i o u s p u b l i c a t i o n s (3,*0 . The r a d i a t i o n dose used h e r e was 0.25 Mrad. A q u a r t z s p r i n g v a p o r s o r p t i o n a p p a r a t u s was used t o o b t a i n s o r p t i o n isotherms at d i f f e r e n t temperatures f o r the three different films. From t h e s e d a t a , t h e s t a n d a r d d i f f e r e n t i a l h e a t s , (ΔΗ°) e n t r o p i e s , (AS°) and f r e e e n e r g i e s (AG ) o f s o r p t i o n were c a l c u l a t e d b a s e d on t h e method o f Othmer, e t , a l , (9). Downloaded by UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA on June 7, 2013 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: June 1, 1976 | doi: 10.1021/bk-1976-0031.ch022

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The t h r e e f i l m s c h o s e n f o r s t u d y a r e d e s c r i b e d i n T a b l e I. They w e r e c h o s e n b e c a u s e o f t h e i r w i d e range o f w a t e r c o n t e n t s and a l s o b e c a u s e t h e y w e r e s u f f i c i e n t l y g r a f t e d t o y i e l d r e a d i l y measured w a t e r s o r p t i o n i s o t h e r m s . T a b l e I. Hydrogel Grafted

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h i g h e r t e m p e r a t u r e s o f 31°, 37°, ^ 3 ° , 50° and 56°C; t h e c u r v e s d e r i v e d a t t h e s e t e m p e r a t u r e s showed e s s e n t i a l l y t h e same behav i o r a s a t 26°C. R e f o j o and Yasuda (1Q) a n d l a t e r Warren and P r i n s (JLL) showed t h a t when b u l k HEMA h y d r o g e l s were immersed i n w a t e r , t h e y d e s w e l l e d as t e m p e r a t u r e was r a i s e d up t o a b o u t 55 t o 60°C. These o b s e r v a t i o n s a l s o s u p p o r t an e x o t h e r m i c p r o c e s s o f w a t e r s o r p t i o n below 55 60°C. When t h e i n i t i a l w a t e r m o l e c u l e s a r e s o r b e d i n t h e g r a f t e d f i l m s they partake i n h i g h l y exothermic i n t e r a c t i o n s i n a l l t h r e e hydrogel f i l m s . P r o b a b l y t h e s e i n i t i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s i n HEMA o r HEMA/NVP f i l m s a r e l o c a l i z e d a t t h e most a c c e s s i b l e -OH g r o u p s ; the s t r o n g i n t e r a c t i o n and l o c a l i z a t i o n o f a w a t e r m o l e c u l e a t such a s i t e n o t o n l y e v o l v e s heat (high -ΔΗ ) but i t a l s o r e duces t h e e n t r o p y o f t h e s y s t e m s i g n i f i c a n t l y ( h i g h - A S ° ) a s the w a t e r m o l e c u l e l o s e s randomness. I t i salso possible that the h i g h -ΔΗ° and - A S ° c o n t a i n some c o n t r i b u t i o n f r o m i n c r e a s e d h y d r o p h o b i c bond f o r m a t i o n upon s o r p t i o n o f w a t e r m o l e c u l e s , which could " p l a s t i c i z e " l o c a l c h a i n motions. That i s , t h e i n t e r a c t i o n o f H 0 m o l e c u l e s w i t h a v a i l a b l e -OH s i t e s c o u l d p e r m i t a c e r t a i n amount o f i n c r e a s e d h y d r o p h o b i c g r o u p i n t e r a c t i o n s , w h i c h w o u l d o c c u r w i t h -ΔΗ° and - A S ° c h a n g e s . Then, i f any w a t e r m o l e c u l e s were i n v o l v e d , t h e s e c o u l d become more s t r u c t u r e d a r o u n d s u c h h y d r o p h o b i c d o m a i n s , c o n t r i b u t i n g t o -ΔΗ° a n d -Δ$° changes. I t i s most l i k e l y t h a t t h e p o l a r i n t e r a c t i o n s d o m i n a t e t h e i n i t i a l s o r p t i o n p r o c e s s i n t h e HEMA-contaiηing f i l m s and c a l c u l a t e d c l u s t e r i n g f u n c t i o n s r e f l e c t t h i s ( s e e below). In t h e NVP f i l m t h e r e i s p r o b a b l y a somewhat w e a k e r i n t e r a c t i o n and l o c a l i z a t i o n o f t h e H 0 m o l e c u l e a r o u n d t h e p y r r o l i d o n e c a r b o n y l o r n i t r o g e n g r o u p s , and t h e changes h e r e w i t h i n c r e a s i n g s o r p t i o n a r e l e s s m a r k e d , o v e r t h e range o f water contents s t u d i e d . As more w a t e r i s s o r b e d , t h e e v o l u t i o n o f h e a t and d e c r e a s e i n e n t r o p y b o t h d e c r e a s e i n m a g n i t u d e u n t i l most o f t h e r e a d i l y a c c e s s i b l e s o r p t i o n s i t e s a r e s a t u r a t e d , and t h e c u r v e s b e g i n t o l e v e l o f f . E v e n t u a l l y t h e w a t e r w i l l b e g i n t o p e n e t r a t e and s w e l l t h e b u l k o f t h e HEMA h y d r o g e l s , o p e n i n g up some new -OH s o r p t i o n s i t e s t o t h e H 0 m o l e c u l e s ; t h i s l e a d s t o an i n c r e a s e i n t h e ( d i f f e r e n t i a l ) exothermîcity and d e c r e a s e i n ( d i f f e r e n t i a l ) entropy o f sorption. T h i s c a n e x p l a i n t h e minima n o t e d i n b o t h t h e -ΔΗ° and - A S ° c u r v e s , f o r t h e HEMA c o n t a i n i n g h y d r o g e l s ; t h e s e minima o c c u r a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 H 0 / 3 HEMA-OH f o r the HEMA s y s t e m and 1 H 0/1 HEMA-OH f o r t h e HEMA/NVP c o p o l y m e r system. A model has been p r o p o s e d f o r t h e s t r u c t u r e o f p o l y (HEMA) g e l s i n w h i c h many o f t h e OH-groups a r e t i e d up i n s t r o n g i n t r a m o l e c u l a r Η-bonded c r o s s l i n k s w h i c h f o r m o r g a n i z e d r e g i o n s i n t o w h i c h w a t e r c a n n o t e a s i l y p e n e t r a t e . (12) The r a t i o o f 1 H 0 m o l e c u l e p e r 3 HEMA-OH g r o u p s may i n d i c a t e t h a t t w o - t h i r d s o r more o f t h e h y d r o x y l g r o u p s i n poly(HEMA) a r e i n v o l v e d i n t h e s e r e g i o n s i n t h e d e h y d r a t e d g e l . The u p t u r n i n t h e -ΔΗ° a n d _


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- A S ° c u r v e s ( F i g u r e s 3 and k) f o r HEMA c o u l d i n d i c a t e t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e g e l s a r e s w e l l i n g and r e a r r a n g i n g , a l a r g e number o f f r e e OH-groups a r e not b e i n g opened up f o r e x o t h e r m i c H^bond~ ing w i t h t h e w a t e r . In t h e HEMA/NVP c o p o l y m e r f i l m s t h i s HEMA o r g a n i z e d s t r u c t u r e may be p a r t i a l l y b r o k e n up by t h e NVP rings and t h e r e f o r e not as many h y d r o x y l g r o u p s a r e o c c u p i e d i n t h e Hbond s t r u c t u r e . The NVP s y s t e m does not show any minimum (and may i n f a c t e x h i b i t a s m a l l maximum) i n t h e -ΔΗ° and -AS° c u r v e s . This may be due t o t h e l a c k o f a p o r o u s s t r u c t u r e i n t h i s g r a f t e d h y d r o gel system (discussed below), coupled w i t h s o r p t i o n of r e l a t i v e l y l a r g e amounts o f H 0. F i n a l l y a l l c u r v e s s h o u l d l e v e l o f f a t some e q u i l i b r i u m v a l u e o f -ΔΗ° and -AS° r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e combined p r o c e s s o f c o n d e n s a t i o n , and m i x i n g ( o r d i l u t i o n ) o f w a t e r i n t h e s w o l l e n hydrogel/ S i l a s t i c e l a s t i c n e t w o r k , where t h e r e i s a b a l a n c e between de c r e a s e d f r e e e n e r g y due t o s o r p t i o n v s . i n c r e a s e d f r e e e n e r g y due t o n e t w o r k s w e l l i n g . The g r a d u a l d e c r e a s e i n -AG° w i t h i n c r e a s ing s o r p t i o n ( F i g u r e 5) i s a r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e a p p r o a c h o f t h e o v e r a l l s o r p t i o n process to s a t u r a t i o n e q u i l i b r i u m . The r e s u l t s i n t h i s s t u d y f o r t h e t h r e e h y d r o g e l f i l m s a r e c o m p a r a b l e t o t h o s e o b t a i n e d by Masuzawa and S t e r l i n g (13) for t h e s o r p t i o n o f w a t e r v a p o r by a g a r , carboxymethy1 c e l l u l o s e , g e l a t i n and m a i z e s t a r c h and a l s o t o t h o s e r e p o r t e d by Bettelheim and E h r l i c h (1k) f o r t h e s o r p t i o n o f w a t e r v a p o r by m u c o p o l y s a c charides. In a d d i t i o n , t h e p r e s e n c e o f maxima and minima and t h e c l o s e p a r a l l e l s between t h e shapes o f t h e e n t r o p y and e n t h a l py c u r v e s s e e n h e r e were a l s o o b s e r v e d by t h e s e a u t h o r s . Both g r o u p s a l s o r e p o r t a g r a d u a l d e c r e a s e i n -AG° w i t h i n c r e a s e i n mg. H 0 s o r b e d / g s o r b a n t , as s e e n h e r e i n o u r d a t a , and e x p e c t e d as s a t u r a t i o n w a t e r s o r p t i o n i s a p p r o a c h e d . The t e n d e n c y f o r w a t e r m o l e c u l e s t o c l u s t e r ( o r not t o c l u s t e r ) t o g e t h e r w i t h i n t h e g r a f t e d h y d r o g e l m a t r i c e s may be e s t i mated by c a l c u l a t i n g t h e " c l u s t e r i n g f u n c t i o n " f o r w a t e r , a f t e r t h e t e c h n i q u e o f Zimm and L u n d b e r g (15)» These c a l c u l a t i o n s have been made, a s s u m i n g no change i n volume on m i x i n g , and r e s u l t s a r e shown i n F i g . 6. I t can be seen t h a t a l l v a l u e s o f t h e c l u s t e r i n g f u n c t i o n are s i g n i f i c a n t l y negative, suggesting that t h e w a t e r m o l e c u l e s a r e s t r o n g l y s i t e bound a t w i d e l y s e p a r a t e d s i t e s w i t h i n the hydrogel m a t r i x . This is e s p e c i a l l y true f o r the HEMA-containing polymers. Data o f Zimm and L u n d b e r g (15) for c o l l a g e n a r e r e p r o d u c e d i n F i g . 6 and show a s i m i l a r b e h a v i o r t o t h e h y d r o g e l s s t u d i e d h e r e . To q u o t e t h e i r d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e s e data: "The i n i t i a l w a t e r i s t i g h t l y bound" and as more w a t e r i s a b s o r b e d " t h e s o r p t i o n p r o c e s s changes . . . f r o m one o f s o r p t i o n on a few h i g h l y s p e c i f i c s i t e s t o a d i f f u s e s w e l l i n g phenomenon". 05) The d i f f u s i o n c o e f f i c i e n t f o r w a t e r i n t h e h y d r o g e l g r a f t e d f i l m s may be c a l c u l a t e d f r o m t h e i n i t i a l s l o p e o f t h e s o r p t i o n o r d e s o r p t i o n c u r v e when i t i s p l o t t e d as ( e . g . , see Réf. 16): 2

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