Hydrogels of Paired Polymers with Lactam and Imidazole Rings

The possibility of using oxirane and imidazole rings as “anchor” functional groups in the structure of flexible-chain polymers for their reactive mixing has been demonstrated. It has been shown that the obligatory condition for the crosslinking of oxirane- and imidazole-containing polymers is the presence of water in the reaction system. Polymer networks formed similarly from linear water-soluble lactam- and imidazole-containing polymers form stimulus-sensitive hydrogels with ionic conductivity upon swelling in water.