Thermodynamic analysis of micellization in PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymer solutions from the hydrogen bonding point of view

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Chen, S ^a,b   Guo, C ^a,b   Liu, H Z ^a,b   Wang, J ^a,b   Liang, X F ^a,b   Zheng, L ^a,b   Ma, J H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymers; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Hydrogen bonds; Micelles; Thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPHENYLENE OXIDES; THERMOANALYSIS;

FLORY HUGGINS THEORY; MICELLIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33748559796     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600717103     Document Type: Article

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