Objectives
- Crosslink the film prepared on September 9th
- Make beads using a large-batch profile
- Prepare films for XRD or DSC
Procedure
- Crosslinking films
- The film from September 9th was crosslinked using this protocol.
- Preparing beads
- The beads were prepared using the same large-batch method as previous attempts. See protocol.
- Beads were successfully prepared and transferred to two 50 mL Falcon tubes for storage.
- Prepare films for XRD or DSC
- The a portion of the 0.5 mL glutaraldehyde film was removed and weighed (0.3553 g hydrated).
- Then, this film portion was placed in an oven at 100°C for 2 hours.
- The mass of the dehydrated film was taken after the 2 hours to measure swelling (0.1111 g dehydrated).
250% swelling. That is pretty impressive. Measure at least 3 times so you can get a standard deviation
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