The puzzle of poly(ethylene oxide) aggregation in water:: Experimental findings
The puzzle of poly(ethylene oxide) aggregation in water:: Experimental findings
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DOI:
10.1063/1.477888
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发表时间:
1999-01-15
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Villari, V
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作者:
Faraone, A;Magazù, S;Villari, V
Aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene oxide) were investigated using the ultrasonic technique, photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), in a wide range of molecular weight (from ethylene glycol to poly(ethylene oxide) 4 000 000 Da). Ultrasonic data reveal that the mixing process is not ideal and show that the polymer-water interaction strength increases with the polymerization degree. PCS and NMR, on the other hand, furnish a free particle diffusion coefficient which satisfies a unique scaling law from 8000 to 4 000 000 Da and demonstrates the good solvent nature of water. These experimental findings indicate that polymer-polymer aggregation processes are not an inherent property of these systems. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(99)51302-0].