Browsing by Subject "Neutron scattering"
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Alternating amphiphilic multiblock copolymers: Controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization and aqueous solution characterization
(2010)Four linear amphiphilic multiblock copolymers based on 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA, hydrophilic) and methyl methacrylate (MMA, hydrophobic), bearing from two to five blocks, were synthesized using reversible ...
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Alternating amphiphilic multiblock copolymers: Controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization and aqueous solution characterization
(2010)Four linear amphiphilic multiblock copolymers based on 2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA, hydrophilic) and methyl methacrylate (MMA, hydrophobic), bearing from two to five blocks, were synthesized using reversible ...
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Amphiphilic networks based on cross-linked star polymers: A small-angle neutron scattering study
(2007)Four different polymer model networks of identical molecular architecture based on cross-linked stars (CLSs) were investigated by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). One of the model networks was a hydrophilic homopolymer ...
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Amphiphilic Polymer Conetworks Based on Interconnected Hydrophobic Star Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Characterization
(2017)Herein we report on the preparation and structural characterization of six amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCN) based on end-linked amphiphilic “core-first” star block copolymers, comprising methyl methacrylate and ...
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Binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate to linear and star homopolymers of the nonionic poly(methoxyhexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) and the polycation poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate): Electromotive force, isothermal titration calorimetry, surface tension, and small-angle neutron scattering measurements
(2004)The process of binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to various linear and star polymers of the nonionic methoxyhexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PMHEGMA) and the ionic 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (PDMAEMA) was ...
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Binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate to linear and star homopolymers of the nonionic poly(methoxyhexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) and the polycation poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate): Electromotive force, isothermal titration calorimetry, surface tension, and small-angle neutron scattering measurements
(2004)The process of binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to various linear and star polymers of the nonionic methoxyhexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PMHEGMA) and the ionic 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (PDMAEMA) was ...
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Cationic amphiphilic model networks based on symmetrical ABCBA pentablock terpolymers: Synthesis, characterization, and modelling
(2007)Eight isomeric networks based on equimolar terpolymers were synthesized using group transfer polymerization (GTP) and were characterized in terms of their swelling properties. Two hydrophilic monomers, the nonionic methoxy ...
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Degradable amphiphilic end-linked conetworks with aqueous degradation rates determined by polymer topology
(2009)Degradable amphiphilic conetworks, based on end-linked amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymers with a labile fragment in the middle, were synthesized by sequential group transfer polymerization (GTP) of monomers and cross-linker, ...
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Di(n-butyl) itaconate end-functionalized polymers: Synthesis by group transfer polymerization and solution characterization
(2011)In this study we present our efforts to homo- and co-polymerize, using group transfer polymerization (GTP), a dialkyl diester of itaconic acid, a naturally-derived unsaturated dicarboxylic acid. The monomer employed, ...
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Double-networks based on pH-responsive, amphiphilic "core-first" star first polymer conetworks prepared by sequential RAFT polymerization
(2017)This manuscript presents the preparation and study of a new double-network hydrogel system, comprising an amphiphilic, pH-responsive first polymer conetwork synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer ...
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Double-networks based on pH-responsive, amphiphilic "core-first" star first polymer conetworks prepared by sequential RAFT polymerization
(2017)This manuscript presents the preparation and study of a new double-network hydrogel system, comprising an amphiphilic, pH-responsive first polymer conetwork synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer ...
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Dynamic responses in polymer-clay gels
(2005)The shear orientation of three polymer-clay gels has been investigated by means of small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The gels have the same polymer and clay concentrations but different polymer molecular weight. The ...
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End-linked poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate]-poly(methacrylic acid) polyampholyte conetworks: Synthesis by sequential RAFT polymerization and swelling and SANS characterization
(2011)Four well-defined end-linked triblock polyampholyte conetworks composed of positively ionizable 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) repeating units and negatively ionizable methacrylic acid (MAA) repeating units ...
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End-linked semifluorinated amphiphilic polymer conetworks: Synthesis by sequential reversible addition - Fragmentation chain transfer polymerization and characterization
(2010)One-pot, sequential reversible addition - fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization was employed for the preparation of five end-linked semifluorinated amphiphilic polymer conetworks based on 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ...
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Hydrophilic, cationic large-core star polymers and polymer networks: Synthesis and physicochemical characterization
(2008)Group transfer polymerization was used to prepare hydrophilic, cationic large-core star polymers (LCSPs) and networks of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) in a two-step ...
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Large scale structures in nanocomposite hydrogels
(2005)The physical picture of the large scale structures in nanocomposite hydrogels and some of their unique behavior were discussed. The aqueous solutions of the synthetic hectorite type clay, Laponite RD (LRD) and poly(ethylene ...
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Nanophase separated anionic amphiphilic model conetworks based on methacrylic acid
(2007)Two series of model amphiphilic polymer conetworks were synthesized by group transfer polymerization (GTP). The first one contained methyl methacrylate (MMA) and the second one 2-butyl-l-octyl methacrylate (BOMA) as ...
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Semisegmented amphiphilic polymer conetworks: Synthesis and characterization
(2009)Semisegmented amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) based on the hydrophilic monomer 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA), the hydrophobic monomer methyl methacrylate (MMA), and the hydrophobic cross-linker ethylene ...
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Shear-induced nanometer and micrometer structural responses in nanocomposite hydrogels
(2010)The structural responses of a polymer-clay nanocomposite hydrogel to an imposed shear field are investigated from the nanometer to the micrometer length scales. The effects of polymer molecular weight and concentration of ...
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Spin-gap and antiferromagnetic correlations in low-dimensional PbNi2-xAxV2O8 compounds (A = Mg, Co)
(2002)The effect of the impurity doping in the quantum-spin chains of the PbNi2V2O8 Haldane-gap compound is studied. We report elastic neutron scattering and bulk magnetic susceptibility measurements on the quasi-one-dimensional ...