García Peñas, AlbertoLiang, WeijunHashmi, SaudSharma, GauravSaeb, Mohammad RezaStadler, Florian J.2022-03-212022-03-212021-09-08García-Peñas, A., Liang, W., Hashmi, S., Sharma, G., Saeb, M. R., & Stadler, F. J. (2021). Hydrogen Bonds in Blends of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Poly(N-ethylacrylamide) Homopolymers, and Carboxymethyl Cellulose. Journal of Composites Science, 5(9), 240.2504-477Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34425Recently, it was reported that the physical crosslinking exhibited by some biopolymers could provide multiple benefits to biomedical applications. In particular, grafting thermoresponsive polymers onto biopolymers may enhance the degradability or offer other features, as thermothickening behavior. Thus, different interactions will affect the different hydrogen bonds and interactions from the physical crosslinking of carboxymethyl cellulose, the lower critical solution temperatures (LCSTs), and the presence of the ions. This work focuses on the study of blends composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(N-ethylacrylamide), and carboxymethyl cellulose in water and water/methanol. The molecular features, thermoresponsive behavior, and gelation phenomena are deeply studied. The ratio defined by both homopolymers will alter the final properties and the gelation of the final structures, showing that the presence of the hydrophilic groups modifies the number and contributions of the diverse hydrogen bonds.15eng© 2021 by the authors.Atribución 3.0 EspañaCononsolvency phenomenonHydrogen bondsLower critical solution temperaturePhysical crosslinkingresearch articleQuímicahttps://doi.org/10.3390/JCS5090240open access1915Journal of Composites Science5AR/0000028886