摘要 |
A post-treatment process for making a water-resistant polymeric composition which is inkjet printable, or in the form of a strongly-swellable gel, includes providing a stable, aqueous two-phase polymeric composition by the steps of forming a reaction mixture in a reaction vessel which includes a water-soluble vinyl monomer, optionally with one or more water-soluble comonomers, a first amount of a multi-vinyl crosslinking agent, and water, heating the mixture, then periodically adding a predetermined amount of a free radical initiator, and polymerizing the reaction mixture, optionally removing the resultant two-phase polymeric composition from the reaction vessel, adding a predetermined amount of a post-treatment crosslinker, optionally blending with a proteinaceous or other water compatible polymer material thereto, optionally coating the mixture onto a support, and optionally heating at room temperature or above, to increase the viscosity of the composition in a predetermined manner.
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