Structural polymorphism exhibited by polyglycidol-based analogues to Pluronic copolymers in aqueous solution

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8885-8894

  Rangelov, Stanislav ^a   Halacheva, Silvia ^a,b   Garamus, Vasil M ^c   Almgren, Mats ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF POLYMERS   (Bulgaria)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHILICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; POLYMORPHISM; PROPYLENE; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SOLUTIONS;

AGGREGATION NUMBERS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL AGGREGATION CONCENTRATIONS; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; GLYCIDOL; IN COMPOSITIONS; MONOMER UNITS; NOVEL SERIES; PLURONIC; PLURONIC COPOLYMERS; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLYGLYCIDOL; PROPYLENE OXIDES; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERINGS; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERINGS; STRUCTURAL POLYMORPHISMS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS; TRIBLOCK CO POLYMERS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 57349166033     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma801238x     Document Type: Article

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