Study of PEO-PPO-PEO copolymers conformational changes: Viscosity and dynamic light scattering measurements

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2150-2164

  Ghaouar, N ^a,b   Henda, M Ben ^a   Aschi, A ^a   Gharbi, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

dynamic light scattering; micelles; organic solvent; pluronics; viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHAINS LENGTH; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; ETHYLENE OXIDES; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECTS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; MICELLAR STRUCTURES; ORGANIC SOLUTIONS; P-XYLENE; PEO-PPO-PEO COPOLYMER; PLURONIC L64; PLURONIC-F68; PLURONICS; PROPYLENE OXIDE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

COPOLYMERS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; SCATTERING; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; XYLENE;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 84856557110     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.557629     Document Type: Article

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