Browsing by Subject "Organic polymers"
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Adsorption of nitrogen and water vapour by activated Nomex® chars
(1995)Fibrous activated carbons were prepared from Nomex® poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide), in the form of a commercially available woven textile. After carbonisation in nitrogen and activation in either carbon dioxide or steam ...
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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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Amyloid-like self-assembly of a dodecapeptide sequence from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Perspectives from molecular dynamics simulations
(2011)Peptide and protein self-assembly is related to the fundamental problems of protein folding and misfolding and has potential applications in medicine, materials science and nanotechnology. Sequence repeats from self-assembling ...
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Amyloid-like self-assembly of peptide sequences from the adenovirus fiber shaft: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
(2009)The self-assembly of peptides and proteins into nanostructures is related to the fundamental problems of protein folding and misfolding and has potential applications in medicine, materials science and nanotechnology. ...
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Analysis of the excited-state absorption spectral bandshape of oligofluorenes
(2010)We present ultrafast transient absorption spectra of two oligofluorene derivatives in dilute solution. These spectra display a photoinduced absorption band with clear vibronic structure, which we analyze rigorously using ...
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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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Exploring the origin of high optical absorption in conjugated polymers
(2016)The specific optical absorption of an organic semiconductor is critical to the performance of organic optoelectronic devices. For example, higher light-harvesting efficiency can lead to higher photocurrent in solar cells ...
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Förster resonant energy transfer from an inorganic quantum well to a molecular material: Unexplored aspects, losses, and implications to applications
(2015)A systematic investigation of Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) is reported within a hybrid prototype structure based on nitride single quantum well (SQW) donors and light emitting polymer acceptors. Self-consistent ...
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Rates of activation and scanning electron microscopy of polyarylamide-derived chars
(1995)Fibrous activated carbons were prepared from Kevlar® (poly (p-phenylene terephthalamide)) and Nomex® (poly (m-phenylene isophthalamide)) by carbonisation in nitrogen and subsequent activation in steam of carbon dioxide to ...
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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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Synthesis and characterization of polyampholytic model networks: Effects of polymer composition and architecture
(2002)Synthesis and characterization of polyampholytic model networks were studied using group transfer polymerization (GTP). The degrees of swelling (DSs) of all the polyampholytic networks were also measured as a function of ...
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Synthesis and characterization of star polymers and cross-linked star polymer model networks containing a novel, silicon-based, hydrolyzable cross-linker
(2004)An acid-labile dimethacrylate cross-linker, dimethyldi(methacryloyloxy-1-ethoxy)silane (DMDMAES), was synthesized by the reaction of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and dichlorodimethylsilane in the presence of ...
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Synthesis and characterization of well-defined block and statistical copolymers based on lauryl methacrylate and 2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl methacrylate using RAFT-controlled radical polymerization
(2008)Four well-defined diblock copolymers and one statistical copolymer based on lauryl methacrylate (LauMA) and 2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl methacrylate (AEMA) were prepared using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer ...
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Well-defined fluoro- and carbazole-containing diblock copolymers: Synthesis, characterization and immobilization onto Au-coated silicon surfaces
(2012)A series of well-defined diblock copolymers consisting of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate (CbzEMA) and 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFBMA) (CbzEMAx-b-HFBMAy) was synthesized by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation ...
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Well-defined fluoro- and carbazole-containing diblock copolymers: Synthesis, characterization and immobilization onto Au-coated silicon surfaces
(2012)A series of well-defined diblock copolymers consisting of 2-(N-carbazolyl)ethyl methacrylate (CbzEMA) and 2,2,3,3,4,4,4-heptafluorobutyl methacrylate (HFBMA) (CbzEMAx-b-HFBMAy) was synthesized by Reversible Addition-Fragmentation ...