O.F. Schirmer, K.W. Blazey, et al.
Physical Review B
ABA-type oligocarbonate-fluorene end-functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) s form micelles with star-like correlations in dilute solutions where water solvates the middle (B) poly(ethylene oxide) block. Using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), the star-arm aggregation number and arm radius of gyration were characterized by Benoit's star-polymer form factor under θ-solvent conditions and by Alessandrini and Cargnano's renormalization group theory in good solvent. Model-independent SANS Zimm plots provide the radius of gyration, micelle aggregation number, and second virial coefficient (A2) as a function of temperature. In comparison to unfunctionalized poly(ethylene glycol) A2 is consistent with predictions for self-assembling polymers below the gelation point with a theta temperature of ≈ 75 °C.
O.F. Schirmer, K.W. Blazey, et al.
Physical Review B
R.W. Gammon, E. Courtens, et al.
Physical Review B
Kigook Song, Robert D. Miller, et al.
Macromolecules
Elizabeth A. Sholler, Frederick M. Meyer, et al.
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