Structural Investigation of Micelles Formed by an Amphiphilic PEP−PEO Block Copolymer in Water
Structural Investigation of Micelles Formed by an Amphiphilic PEP−PEO Block Copolymer in Water
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两亲性 PEP−PEO 嵌段共聚物在水中形成的胶束的结构研究
DOI:
10.1021/ma970470m
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发表时间:
1997
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
D. Richter
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作者:
A. Poppe;L. Willner;J. Allgaier;J. Stellbrink;D. Richter
Micelles of a poly(ethylene-co-propylene)-block-Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEP−PEO) copolymer in water were investigated by small angle neutron scattering (SANS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and viscometry. The block copolymer was built of a partially deuterated PEP block and a hydrogeneous PEO block with an overall molecular weight of 11.1 × 103. The SANS measurements were performed at four contrasts in order to get detailed structural information about the micellar aggregates. The different scattering curves could be described very well by a spherical core−shell model with constant density in both parts. The sharp edges of the polymer density distribution were smeared by multiplication with a Gaussian in Q-space. The model yielded a core radius of RC = 176 A and an overall micellar radius of RM = 294 A. The smearing ranges were 11 and 32 A, respectively. The fit further yielded an aggregation number of P = 2430. DLS measurements reveal a narrow monomodal distribution of relaxation frequencies, indicating...