Effect of pH and temperature on PMPC-PDPA copolymer self-assembly

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1400-1407

  Pearson, Russell T ^a   Warren, Nicholas J ^a   Lewis, Andrew L ^b   Armes, Steven P ^a   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC CHARACTER; AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; BLOCK LENGTHS; CONJUGATE ACID; COPOLYMER SELF ASSEMBLIES; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EFFECT OF PH; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ETHYL METHACRYLATES; MEAN DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATIONS; MINIMUM VALUE; PH-RESPONSIVE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYMERSOMES; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; SPHERICAL MICELLES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DISSOCIATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TITRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 84874449875     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma302228m     Document Type: Article

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