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Synthetic polymers play an important role in the agricultural use as structural materials for creating a favorable environment for plant growth. Over the last few years the science of synthetic polymers has received great interest as one of the most exciting areas of polymer chemistry for the production of improved materials. The creation of multifunctional materials with prognosticates properties is important. The main objective of the research was to develop methods for the preparation of transparent hydrogels f...

In this work, synthesis and swelling of a superabsorbent hydrogel based on copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide filled with pectin were investigated. The structure, thermal stability, sorption capacity and morphologies of the developed composites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry analysis (TG-DSC), voltammetry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, the swelling properties, and the stimuli-responsive behavi...