Effect of chain length of PEO on the gelation and micellization of the pluronic F127 copolymer aqueous system

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 9694-9701

  Pragatheeswaran, Abhinav Maheswaran ^a   Chen, Shing Bor ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; AQUEOUS SYSTEM; CRITICAL MICELLIZATION; DEPLETION FLOCCULATION; MICELLAR AGGREGATION; PEO MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLURONIC F-127; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO);

COPOLYMERS; GELATION; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICELLIZATION;

EID: 84881402766     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401639g     Document Type: Article

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