Water-soluble complexes formed from hydrogen bonding interactions between a poly(ethylene glycol)-containing triblock copolymer and poly(methacrylic acid)

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 985-992

  Yokoyama, Yuuichi ^a,b   Yusa, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b Taki Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Hydrogen bond; Poly(ethylene glycol); Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer radical polymerization; Water soluble complex

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; POLY (METHACRYLIC ACID); REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER (RAFT); REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION TIME; STOICHIOMETRIC COMPLEXES; WATER-SOLUBLE COMPLEXES;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPLEXATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SODIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 84883730693     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.2     Document Type: Article

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