MICELLIZATION OF AMPHIPHILIC STAR POLYMERS WITH POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) ARMS IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS
MICELLIZATION OF AMPHIPHILIC STAR POLYMERS WITH POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) ARMS IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/la00035a030
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发表时间:
1993-11-01
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
SMID, J
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作者:
ZHOU, GB;SMID, J
Well-defined three- and four-armed amphiphilic star polymers with a large hydrophobic core were made by the reaction of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)s (MPEG) and tri- or tetrafunctional isocyanates abbreviated as T3TMI and D4TMI. The latter are the hydrosilylation products of m-isopropenyl-alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate (m-TMI) with methyltris(dimethylsiloxy)silane and 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane, respectively. In aqueous media the stars aggregate, the critical micelle concentrations (cmc) being in the order of 10(-4) M, with In cmc being proportional to the hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) of the stars. Cloud points (T(p)) were measured in the absence and presence of salts. For the salting-out electrolytes NaF and NaH2PO4, T(p) is proportional to the molal salt concentration. The proportionality constant, K(s), is found to be inversely proportional to the length of the MPEG arm of the star.