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Small-angle Neutron Scattering Study on Microstructure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(ethylene Glycol) in Water

Small-angle Neutron Scattering Study on Microstructure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-block-poly(ethylene Glycol) in Water

Ryuhei Motokawa, Masahiko Annaka, Takayuki Nakahira, Satoshi Koizumi

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2004 Nov 15;38(3-4):213-9.

PMID: 15542328

Abstract:

By employing small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), we investigated the microstructures of, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (NE) in deuterated water D2O, as related to macroscopic behaviors of fluidity, turbidity and synerisis. SANS revealed following results: (i) microphase separation occurs at around above 17 degrees C in a temperature range of transparent sol below 30 degrees C. In the microdomain appeared in the transparent sol state, both block chains of PNIPA and PEG are swollen by water; (ii) for the NE solution of polymer concentration W(p)>3.5% (w/v), corresponding to opaque gel above 30 degrees C, a percolated structure, i.e., network-like domain is formed by NE as a result of macrophase separation due to dehydration of the PNIPA chains. As the temperature increases toward 40 degrees C, the network domain is squeezed along a direction parallel to the NE interface, which leads to increase of the interfacial thickness given by swollen PEG chains and to the macroscopic synerisis behavior.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS74666	Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)			Price

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