Browsing by Subject "Hydrophobicity"
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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 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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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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Can we use area per surfactant as a quantitative test model of specific ion effects?
(2004)The three main currently proposed approaches for understanding specific ion effects are briefly described. In some experimentally well defined and simplified situations, one can decouple ion specificity effects from all ...
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Cationic telechelic polyelectrolytes: Synthesis by group transfer polymerization and self-organization in aqueous media
(2006)ABA triblock copolymers comprising a relative long poly(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate) end-capped by short poly(methyl methacrylate) blocks (PMMA-b-PDMAEMA-b-PMMA) were synthesized using group transfer polymerization ...
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Chaotropic salts interacting with soft matter: Beyond the lyotropic series
(2016)The effects of the chaotropic ions of the Hofmeister series on many systems and phenomena are typically quite pronounced. What happens, however, when one uses chaotropic ions beyond SCN−, ClO4 −, or guanidinium, which are ...
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Clustering of biological time series by cepstral coefficients based distances
(2008)Clustering of stationary time series has become an important tool in many scientific applications, like medicine, finance, etc. Time series clustering methods are based on the calculation of suitable similarity measures ...
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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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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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End-linked, amphiphilic, degradable polymer conetworks: Synthesis by sequential atom transfer radical polymerization using a bifunctional, cleavable initiator
(2012)End-linked, degradable, amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) of various compositions and architectures were synthesized by sequential atom transfer radical terpolymerization of monomers and cross-linker using a cleavable, ...
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Fine Tuning the Hydrophobicity of a New Three-Dimensional Cu2+ MOF through Single Crystal Coordinating Ligand Exchange Transformations
(American Chemical Society, 2024-02-26)The synthesis, characterization, and single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) exchange reactions of a new 3D Cu2+ MOF based on 5-aminoisophthalic acid (H2AIP), [Cu6(μ3-ΟΗ)3(ΑΙΡ)4(HΑΙΡ)]n·6nDMF·nH2O - UCY-16·6nDMF·nH2O, are ...
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Helix formation by alanine-based peptides in pure water and electrolyte solutions: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
(2013)Specific ion effects on oligopeptide conformations in solution are attracting strong research attention, because of their impact on the protein-folding problem and on several important biological-biotechnological applications. ...
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Helix formation by alanine-based peptides in pure water and electrolyte solutions: Insights from molecular dynamics simulationsAAA
(2013)Specific ion effects on oligopeptide conformations in solution are attracting strong research attention, because of their impact on the protein-folding problem and on several important biological-biotechnological applications. ...
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Influence of nanoreactor environment and substrate location on the activity of horseradish peroxidase in olive oil based water-in-oil microemulsions
(2011)Oxidative enzymatic reactions using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were carried out in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions composed of olive oil/lecithin/1-propanol/water, a model biomimetic system. The substrates used (gallic ...
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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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Multi-functional conetworks based on cross-linked star polymers
(2010)Three series of conetworks based on cross-linked star polymers of different architectures were prepared using group transfer polymerization. The first series of conetworks were amphiphilic, based on the hydrophobic monomer ...