dc.contributor.author | Zhang, X. K. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kyriakos, K. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kitiri, E. N. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Patrickios, Costas S. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Papadakis, Christine M. | en |
dc.creator | Zhang, X. K. | en |
dc.creator | Kyriakos, K. | en |
dc.creator | Rikkou-Kalourkoti, Maria D. | en |
dc.creator | Kitiri, E. N. | en |
dc.creator | Patrickios, Costas S. | en |
dc.creator | Papadakis, Christine M. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-21T06:23:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-21T06:23:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0303-402X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/56306 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 hydrophobic blocks from either 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA) or lauryl methacylate (LauMA) and hydrophilic blocks from 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and (ii) a second polyacrylamide (PAAm) network. The SAXS curves are modeled by spherical core-shell micelles, where densely packed hydrophobic cores are surrounded by swollen hydrophilic chains. The correlation between these hydrophobic cores is described using a hard-sphere structure factor. A Porod law and an Ornstein-Zernike structure factor are adopted to capture the strong forward scattering due to large-scale inhomogeneities and the correlation between polymer strands, respectively. The size of the hydrophobic cores depends on the degree of polymerization of the hydrophobic block: for medium and long hydrophobic blocks, several hydrophobic cores merge together to form a larger core. When the second PAAm network is present, the nanostructures of the first amphiphilic network are less well-defined. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. | en |
dc.source | Colloid and Polymer Science | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961794326&doi=10.1007%2fs00396-016-3856-0&partnerID=40&md5=4009797f6639382515c6f592cfeda3e8 | |
dc.subject | priority journal | en |
dc.subject | unclassified drug | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate | en |
dc.subject | Hydrophilicity | en |
dc.subject | Hydrophobicity | en |
dc.subject | chemical structure | en |
dc.subject | X ray crystallography | en |
dc.subject | nanomaterial | en |
dc.subject | Polymer blends | en |
dc.subject | Degree of polymerization | en |
dc.subject | polymer | en |
dc.subject | polymerization | en |
dc.subject | micelle | en |
dc.subject | morphology | en |
dc.subject | monomer | en |
dc.subject | X ray scattering | en |
dc.subject | Polyacrylates | en |
dc.subject | hydrogel | en |
dc.subject | Amphiphilic polymers | en |
dc.subject | Hydrophobic blocks | en |
dc.subject | 2 (dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate | en |
dc.subject | 2 ethylhexyl methacrylate | en |
dc.subject | Amphiphilic network | en |
dc.subject | density gradient | en |
dc.subject | Double networks | en |
dc.subject | Forward scattering | en |
dc.subject | Hydrophilic blocks | en |
dc.subject | lauryl methacylate | en |
dc.subject | Microphase-separated morphology | en |
dc.subject | polyacrylamide | en |
dc.subject | Small-angle X-ray scattering | en |
dc.subject | Structure factors | en |
dc.title | Amphiphilic single and double networks: a small-angle X-ray scattering investigation | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00396-016-3856-0 | |
dc.description.volume | 294 | |
dc.description.issue | 6 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 1027 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 1036 | |
dc.author.faculty | 002 Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Χημείας / Department of Chemistry | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | <p>Cited By :6</p> | en |
dc.source.abbreviation | Colloid Polym.Sci. | en |
dc.contributor.orcid | Patrickios, Costas S. [0000-0001-8855-0370] | |
dc.gnosis.orcid | 0000-0001-8855-0370 | |