Monomer hydrophobicity as a mechanism for the LCST behavior of poly(ethylene oxide) in water

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5531-5537

  Ashbaugh, Henry S ^a   Paulaitis, Michael E ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; HYDROPHOBIC HYDRATION; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE (LCST); POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO);

PHASE SEPARATION;

DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 33748304528     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051131h     Document Type: Article

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