Multiple phase transition and scaling law for poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer in aqueous solution

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2688-2697

  Liu, Sijun ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

gelation; micelle; multiple phase transition; rheology; scaling law

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; GELATION; MICELLES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SCALING LAWS; SOL-GELS;

COPOLYMER CONCENTRATION; GEL TEMPERATURES; GEL TRANSITIONS; MICRO DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; SCALING BEHAVIOR; SCALING EXPONENT; SCALING RELATIONS; SOL-GEL TRANSITIONS;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84922434428     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507749w     Document Type: Article

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