Browsing by Subject "Phase separation"
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Amphiphilic polymethacrylate model co-networks: Synthesis by RAFT radical polymerization and characterization of the swelling behavior
(2006)Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) controlled radical polymerization was employed, for the first time, to prepare well-defined (model) amphiphilic polymer co-networks based on n-butyl methacrylate ...
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Amphiphilic polymethacrylate model co-networks: Synthesis by RAFT radical polymerization and characterization of the swelling behavior
(2006)Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) controlled radical polymerization was employed, for the first time, to prepare well-defined (model) amphiphilic polymer co-networks based on n-butyl methacrylate ...
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Development of a Reliable Analytical Protocol for the Isolation of Cholesterol Oxidation Products—a Comparison of Different Lipid Extraction and Saponification Methods
(2015)The main objectives of this study were (i) the optimization and the validation of a high performance liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of seven cholesterol oxidation products (COPs), (ii) the ...
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Double Networks Based on Amphiphilic Cross-Linked Star Block Copolymer First Conetworks and Randomly Cross-Linked Hydrophilic Second Networks
(2016)This study presents the preparation and characterization of double networks (DN) based on a first amphiphilic polymethacrylate conetwork (APCN) and a second polyacrylamide network. The APCN first network comprised ...
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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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KSb5S8: A wide bandgap phase-change material for ultra high density rewritable information storage
(2003)The reversible glassformation and glass crystallization properties of KSb3S8 was described. On the basis of glass transition and crystallization kinetics of KSb5S8, it was found that the crystallization rate and assoicated ...
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Microphase separation in ABA triblock copolymer-based model conetworks in the bulk: Effect of loop formation
(2006)This work estimates the free energy and domain size and predicts the phase diagram of microphase-separated model polymer conetworks, consisting of end-linked ABA triblock copolymers with cross-link points of relatively low ...
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Microphase separation under constraints: A molecular thermodynamic theory for polyelectrolytic amphiphilic model networks in water
(2004)The aqueous aggregation behavior of covalent model networks comprising amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymers with hydrophilic ionic mid-blocks and hydrophobic non-ionic end-blocks was studied by formulating a molecular ...
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Phase behavior of random and ABC triblock methacrylic polyampholytes with poly(vinyl alcohol) in water: effect of pH and salt
(1995)ABC triblock and random methacrylic polyampholytes of molecular weight 4,000 g mol-1 with various base-neutral-acid compositions were examined for their phase separation behavior, each in an aqueous mixture with poly(vinyl ...
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Sample preparation: A critical step in the analysis of cholesterol oxidation products
(2014)In recent years, cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) have drawn scientific interest, particularly due to their implications on human health. A big number of these compounds have been demonstrated to be cytotoxic, mutagenic, ...
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Synthesis and aqueous solution characterization of dihydrophilic block copolymers of methyl vinyl ether and methyl triethylene glycol vinyl ether
(1996)Water-soluble dihydrophilic AB block copolymers of methyl vinyl ether (MVE) and methyl triethylene glycol vinyl ether (MTEGVE) were synthesized by living cationic polymerization, with copolymer molecular weights in the ...
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Synthesis and characterization of anionic amphiphilic model conetworks based on methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate: Effects of composition and architecture
(2007)A series of amphiphilic conetworks of methacrylic acid (MAA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) were synthesized using group transfer polymerization (GTP). The MAA units were introduced via the polymerization of tetrahydropyranyl ...
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Synthesis, characterization, and modeling of double-hydrophobic model networks based on cross-linked star copolymers of n-butyl methacrylate and methyl methacrylate
(2006)Seven model networks of a new structure, that of cross-linked "in-out"\star polymers, were synthesized by the group transfer polymerization of the Hydrophobic monomers methyl methacrylate (MMA) and n-butyl methacrylate ...