Micellization and gelation of diblock copolymers of ethylene oxide and styrene oxide in aqueous solution

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 8685-8691

  Crothers, Michael ^a   Attwood, David ^a   Collett, John H ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^a   Booth, Colin ^a   Taboada, Pablo ^b   Mosquera, Victor ^b   Ricardo, Nágila M P S ^c   Martini, Luigi G A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; MICELLIZATION; OXYANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; STYRENE OXIDE;

CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; ENTHALPY; ETHYLENE; GELATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDES; POLYMERIZATION; STYRENE; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037195317     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la026086m     Document Type: Article

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