1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and images have
been acquired during polymerization of a mixture of soluble reactive methacrylamide (monomer) and
N,N‘-methylenebisacrylamide (cross-linking molecule). The mixture was polymerized by adding ammonium
persulfate (initiator) and
tetramethylethylenediamine (accelerator) to form long-chain,
cross-linked polymers. Study of the time-varying spin−lattice relaxation times (T
1)
during the polymerization was conducted at 25 and 35 °C
and
the variation of spectra and T
1 with respect to
the extent of polymerization was determined. To
verify
homogeneous polymerization, multidimensional 1H NMR imaging
was utilized for in-situ monitoring of
the process. The intensities from the images are modeled and the
correspondence shows a direct extraction
of T
1 data from the images.