Micropolarity and microviscosity of Pluronics L62 and L64 core-shell aggregates in water at various concentrations and additives examined by absorption and fluorescence probes

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 288, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1173-1184

  Vasilescu, Marilena ^a   Bandula, Rodica ^a   Lemmetyinen, Helge ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic copolymers (Pluronics); Micropolarity; Microviscosity; Molecular probes

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AGGREGATES; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ETHYLENE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SOLUTIONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE-1-OXYL; ADDITIVE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORESCENCE PARAMETERS; MICRO-POLARITY; MICROVISCOSITIES; MOLECULAR PROBES; PLURONICS; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO);

PROBES;

1,10 BIS(1 PYRENE)DECANE; 8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; BUTANOL; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COPOLYMER; DANSYL CHLORIDE; HEXANOL; MACROGOL; ORTHO XYLENE; POLOXAMER; PROPYLENE OXIDE; PYRENE; TEMPOL; TETRAETHYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77956493494     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-010-2247-1     Document Type: Article

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