Association behavior of mixed triblock copoly(oxyalkylene)s (type EBE and ESE) in aqueous solution

The micellization of binary mixtures of water-soluble block copolymers E(m)B(n)E(m) and E(m)S(n)E(m) in dilute solution was investigated by light-scattering methods. We use the notation E, B, and S to denote chain units derived, respectively, from ethylene oxide, butylene oxide, and styrene oxide an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 22(2006), 3 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 1301-6
1. Verfasser: Ricardo, Nágila M P S (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chaibundit, Chiraphon, Yang, Zhuo, Attwood, David, Booth, Colin
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Micelles Polymers Solutions Water 059QF0KO0R
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Zusammenfassung:The micellization of binary mixtures of water-soluble block copolymers E(m)B(n)E(m) and E(m)S(n)E(m) in dilute solution was investigated by light-scattering methods. We use the notation E, B, and S to denote chain units derived, respectively, from ethylene oxide, butylene oxide, and styrene oxide and the subscripts to denote number-average chain lengths in chain units. Two distinct distributions of micelles were formed in solutions of a 50:50 wt % mixture of copolymers E64B20E64 and E137S18E137, which had hydrophobic blocks of similar length but very different hydrophobicity. One distribution of micelles was formed in solutions of a mixture (50:50 wt %) of copolymers E135B20E135 and E82S9E82, which had hydrophobic blocks of different length but similar hydrophobicity. In this case, the properties of the micelles formed in solutions of the mixture were very similar to those of micelles of E82S9E82 alone. This result extended to concentrated solutions, because the hard-gel boundary for the mixture proved to be very similar to that of solutions of E82S9E82 alone
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.05.2007
Date Revised 21.11.2013
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827