Browsing by Subject "Hydrophilicity"
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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 model conetworks of polyisobutylene methacrylate and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate prepared by the combination of quasiliving carbocationic and group transfer polymerizations
(2007)A series of amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCN) of the hydrophobic polyisobutylene methacrylate macromonomer (PIBMA) and the ionizable hydrophilic 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) were synthesized by combining, ...
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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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Amphiphilic single and double networks: a small-angle X-ray scattering investigation
(2016)We investigated the microphase-separated morphologies of water-swollen amphiphilic single and double polymer networks using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The networks consist of (i) a first conetwork containing ...
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Anionic amphiphilic end-linked conetworks by the combination of quasiliving carbocationic and group transfer polymerizations
(2009)A series of amphiphilic end-linked conetworks was synthesized by the combination of two "quasiliving" polymerization techniques, quasiliving carbocationic (QLCCP) and group transfer polymerizations (GTP). The hydrophobic ...
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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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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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Enamine-Based Hydrophilic Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks: Effects of pH, and Copolymer Composition and Concentration on the Aqueous Swelling Degrees and the Gel Formation Times
(2015)In this work, we explore the formation in water of dynamic covalent polymer networks cross-linked via enamine groups. The polymer networks resulted from the combination of pairs of chemically complementary hydrophilic ...
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End-linked amphiphilic polymer conetworks: synthesis by sequential atom transfer radical polymerization and swelling characterization
(2010)Conetworks based on end-linked homopolymers and amphophilic gradient copolymers were synthesized by the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methaerylate (DMAEMA, hydrophilic monomer), ...
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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 star homopolymers based on a novel diethanol-n-methylamine dimethacrylate cross-linker for sirna transfection: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation
(2011)Four cationic hydrophilic star homopolymers based on the novel hydrophilic, positively ionizable cross-linker bis(methacryloyloxyethyl)methylamine (BMEMA) were synthesized using sequential group transfer polymerization ...
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Hydrophilic olive cake extracts: Characterization by physicochemical properties and Cu(II) complexation
(2009)Disposed olive cake generates hydrophilic components that can be mobilized in the aquatic environment. This paper deals with the characterization of such components, isolated by alkaline extraction. It is shown that these ...
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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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Liquid expanded monolayers of lipids as model systems to understand the anionic hofmeister series: 2. Ion partitioning is mostly a matter of size
(2009)In the preceding paper of this series [Leontidis, E.
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Magnetoresponsive polymer networks as adsorbents for the removal of U(VI) ions from aqueous media
(2017)Magnetoresponsive, methacrylate-based 3D polymer networks containing hydrophilic/thermoresponsive, hydrophilic/pH-responsive and hydrophobic/metal chelating functionalities and oleic acid-coated magnetite nanoparticles, ...
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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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Poly(ethylene glycol)-based amphiphilic model conetworks: Synthesis by RAFT polymerization and characterization
(2008)Polyethylene glycol) (PEG)-containing quasi-model amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) were prepared by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using α,ω-bis(2-cyanoprop-2-yl dithiobenzoate)-PEG ...
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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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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 ...