Browsing by Subject "Block copolymers"
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Microphase separation in the bulk in ABA triblock copolymer-based model conetworks: Effects of core crowding and loop formation
(2013)The microphase separation in the bulk, in the strong segregation limit, of model conetworks based on end-linked ABA triblock copolymers was investigated by calculating and minimizing the total Gibbs free energy for the ...
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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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Multi-compartment unimolecular micelles from (ABC)n multi-arm star triblock terpolymers
(2007)Four linear and four star equimolar terpolymers based on non-ionic hydrophilic methoxy hexa(ethylene glycol) methacrylate, ionizable hydrophilic 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate and neutral hydrophobic methyl methacrylate ...
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Near-monodisperse, n-alkyl, end-functionalized poly(methyl vinyl ether)s: Synthesis by living cationic polymerization and solution characterization
(1998)Water-soluble amphiphilic diblock copolymers were synthesized by the living cationic polymerization of methyl vinyl ether (hydrophilic block) and its subsequent termination with n-alcohols of chain lengths varying from one ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials combining metal nanoparticles and functional amphiphilic diblock copolymers. Synthesis, characterization and experimental investigation of their nonlinear optical properties
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2011-12)Η παρούσα εργασία στοχεύει κυρίως στη σύνθεση, χαρακτηρισμό και μελέτη των μη-γραμμικών οπτικών ιδιοτήτων καινοτόμων οργανικών-ανόργανων υβριδικών υλικών βασισμένων σε λειτουργικά αδρομερή συμπολυμερή και νανοσωματίδια ...
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Palladium micellar nanohybrids with tunable nonlinear optical response
(2013)In the present work, the third-order nonlinear optical response of two different types of Pd-polymer micellar nanohybrids are investigated using 4 ns, visible and infrared laser excitation. The prepared nanohybrids were ...
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Palladium-based micellar nanohybrids: Preparation and nonlinear optical response
(2014)In the present work the synthesis and physicochemical characterisation of a new class of Pd-containing micellar nanohybrid systems are presented. The new systems consist of metallic Pd nanoparticles and well-defined diblock ...
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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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Polyelectrolytic amphiphilic model networks in water: A molecular thermodynamic theory for their microphase separation
(2002)The aqueous aggregation behavior of networks comprising hydrophilic ionic blocks and hydrophobic nonionic blocks was studied by formulating a molecular thermodynamic theory, which considers the Gibbs free energies of the ...
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Polymers prepared using cleavable initiators: Synthesis, characterization and degradation
(2011)Following the great interest in polymers based on degradable monomers and degradable cross-linkers, there is now an increasing activity in the controlled synthesis of polymers using degradable initiators. The degradation ...
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Precipitation of a water-soluble ABC triblock methacrylic polyampholyte: effects of time, pH, polymer concentration, salt type and concentration, and presence of a protein
(1999)The solution behavior of a low molecular weight ABC triblock methacrylic polyampholyte with the structure (dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)8-(methyl methacrylate)12-(methacrylic acid)16 was investigated by turbidimetry. ...
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Preparation and nonlinear optical response of novel palladium-containing micellar nanohybrids
(2011)The synthesis and characterization of novel micellar nanohybrids with controllable sizes consisting of palladium nanosized core and covered by well-defined poly(lauryl methacrylate)-block-poly(2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl ...
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Structural characterization of amphiphilic polymer conetworks end-linked with the optimal amount of cross-linker
(2010)Amphiphilic polymer conetworks were synthesized by the end-linking of ABA triblock copolymers using optimal (minimal) amount of cross-linker in pursuit of nanoscale phase separated materials with a long-range order. ...
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Styrene-vinyl pyridine diblock copolymers: Achieving high molecular weights by the combination of anionic and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerizations
(2013)Anionic and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerizations were combined for the preparation of high molecular weight (MW) amphiphilic diblock copolymers based on the hydrophobic styrene (Sty) and ...
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Styrene-vinyl pyridine diblock copolymers: Synthesis by RAFT polymerization and self-assembly in solution and in the bulk
(2012)Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization along with benzyl dithiobenzoate chain transfer agent was employed for the controlled preparation of four diblock copolymers of styrene (St, less polar ...
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Superparamagnetic hybrid micelles, based on iron oxide nanoparticles and well-defined diblock copolymers possessing β-ketoester functionalities
(2009)The quality of surface coating of magnetic nanoparticles destined as nanoprobes in clinical applications is of utmost significance for their colloidal stability and biocompatibility. A novel approach for the fabrication ...
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Synthesis and aqueous solution characterization of catalytically active homopolymers, block copolymers and networks containing imidazole
(2000)Imidazole-containing polymers were prepared and characterized in terms of their hydrolytic activity. Unlike similar materials synthesized in the 1960s, the polymers are of precise molecular weight and controlled structure ...
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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 aqueous solution properties of amphiphilic diblock copolymers based on methyl triethylene glycol vinyl ether and benzyl vinyl ether
(1997)Water-soluble diblock copolymers of methyl triethylene glycol vinyl ether and benzyl vinyl ether were synthesized by living cationic polymerization, giving molecular weights in the range 13 400-17 300 and narrow molecular ...