Gel formation and interpolymer alkyl chain interactions with poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-2,7-diyl) (PFO) in toluene solution: Results from NMR, SANS, DFT, and semiempirical calculations and their implications for PFO β-phase formation

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-343

  Justino, Licínia L G ^a,b   Ramos, M Luísa ^a,b   Knaapila, Matti ^c   Marques, Ana T ^a,d   Kudla, Christof J ^d   Scherf, Ullrich ^d   Almásy, László ^e,f,g   Schweins, Ralf ^h   Burrows, Hugh D ^a   Monkman, Andrew P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^g WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^h INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

ⁱ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ALKYL CHAIN; ALKYL GROUPS; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DILUTE SOLUTION; GEL FORMATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; LINE-NARROWING; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING TECHNIQUES; MULTINUCLEAR NMR; NMR SPECTRUM; OCTYL GROUPS; PHASE FORMATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER COILS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; PROTONATED; RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS; SANS MEASUREMENT; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY; SIDE CHAINS; SIDE-CHAIN INTERACTIONS; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TOLUENE SOLUTION; ULTRA-SMALL;

ALKYLATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEUTERIUM; GELS; ISOMERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; TOLUENE;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 78751474239     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102235r     Document Type: Article

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