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Specific features of the interfacial tension in the case of phase separated solutions of random copolymers

2000

Abstract Phase diagrams (cloud point curves, critical points, tie lines for constant critical composition) and interfacial tensions as a function of temperature were measured for solutions of two random copolymers: poly(dimethylsiloxane- ran -methylphenylsiloxane) [I] and poly(styrene- ran -acrylonitrile) [II]. Acetone and anisole served as solvents for I and toluene for II; all solutions exhibit UCSTs between 300 and 310 K. The phase separation behavior can be well modeled if one accounts for the molecular and chemical non-uniformities of the random copolymers used in this study. The interfacial tensions σ differ most markedly from that of comparable homopolymer solutions in their correlat…

Rheology of Sodium Hyaluronate Saline Solutions for Ophthalmic Use

2007

The aim of this work was to investigate the rheological properties of different saline solutions of sodium hyaluronate (NaHA) with special interest for medical applications. The experimental results were compared with literature data for commercial ophthalmic viscosurgical devices (OVDs) used in cataract surgery. We offer some tools to tailor the rheological behavior of OVDs for different purposes. We have investigated to which extent surgical requirements can be fulfilled by adjusting either the molecular weight of NaHA or its concentration, parameters that are in some respects equivalent but not in others. Furthermore, we demonstrate that moduli and complex viscosities of NaHA saline solu…

Tuning the upper critical solution temperature behavior of poly(methyl methacrylate) in aqueous ethanol by modification of an activated ester comonom…

2012

A statistical copolymer of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and pentafluorophenyl methacrylate (PFPMA, 6 mol%) exhibits upper critical solution temperature (UCST) behavior in aqueous ethanol solutions tunable by post-polymerization modification with different amines. The phase transition behavior of the obtained copolymers in aqueous ethanol was evaluated in detail. As expected, all copolymers reveal an upper critical solution temperature with 55 vol% or higher ethanol content. Furthermore, the solubility in aqueous ethanol of the copolymer can be increased by the introduction of hydrophilic moieties. When hydrophobic substituents are introduced a decrease in solubility was observed with low conte…

Enthalpy and Entropy Contributions to Solvent Quality and Inversions of Heat Effects with Polymer Concentration

2006

Vapor pressures above the solutions of polystyrene in either cyclohexane (32-60 °C) or toluene (10-70 °C) have been measured by a combination of head space sampling and gas chromatography as a function of the volume fraction φ of the polymer. The thus obtained Flory-Huggins interaction parameters Χ (φ; T) were complemented by data for three other systems (tert-butyl acetate/polystyrene, cyclohexane/poly(vinyl methyl ether), 2-propanol/poly(butyl methacrylate)) reported in the literature and analyzed in terms of their enthalpy and entropy parts Χ H and Χ s . Furthermore these experimental findings were modeled by means of an approach splitting the mixing process conceptually into two parts a…

Catalytic one-handed helix-induction and memory of amphiphilic poly(biphenylylacetylene)s in water

2020

Abstract A series of amphiphilic biphenylylacetylene-based homo- and copolymers (PBPAs) carrying chiral and/or achiral oligo(ethylene glycol) pendants at the 4’-position of the biphenyl units were synthesized and the amplification of the macromolecular helicity through noncovalent and/or covalent chiral interactions followed by the memory of the helicity were investigated in both water and organic solvents. The macromolecular helicity was efficiently induced in the homopolymers of achiral monomers through specific encapsulation of a catalytic amount of hydrophobic chiral guests in water and their induced helicities were stably memorized in water after complete removal of the optically-activ…

Investigation of compatibility of a dicyanate ester monomer and polysulfone by size-exclusion chromatography and viscometry

2003

The influence of solvent on the compatibility behaviour of Arocy B10, a cyanate ester monomer, and polysulfone (PSF) was investigated by means of dilute solution viscometry and of the preferential solvation parameter at 25 °C. The ternary systems under study are: tetrahydrofuran/Arocy B10/polysulfone (PSF), N,N-dimethylformamide/Arocy B10/PSF and dichloromethane/Arocy B10/PSF. Values of the specific viscosity of PSF in a ‘binary solvent’ formed by Arocy B10 + solvent have been used to determine the compatibility of the polymer blend Arocy B10/PSF. An interaction parameter Δb that depends on concentration has been determined. The preferential solvation parameter was measured by size-exclusio…

L -lysine and EDTA polymer mimics as resins for the quantitative and reversible removal of heavy metal ion water pollutants

2012

Traditional precipitation methods for inorganic micropollutant removal from waters are increasingly being replaced by sorption methods based on both natural and synthetic materials. In this context, two novel effective heavy metal ions absorbers are presented. These resins, LYMA and LMT85, were crosslinked poly(amidoamine)s carrying amine and carboxyl groups in their repeating units. In particular, the LYMA-repeating unit contains one carboxyl and two amine groups and is a mimic of L-lysine, whereas LMT85 contains two amine and five carboxyl groups and is a mimic of EDTA. Both resins were prepared at moderate cost by simple eco-friendly procedures. The heavy metal ion set adopted as benchma…

Synthesis of multiarm star poly(glycerol)-block-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate).

2006

Well-defined multiarm star block copolymers poly(glycerol)-b-poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PG-b-PHEMA) with an average of 56, 66, and 90 PHEMA arms, respectively, have been prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of HEMA in methanol by a core-first strategy. The hyperbranched macroinitiators employed were prepared on the basis of well-defined hyperbranched polyglycerol by esterification with 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide. Polydispersites M(w)/M(n) of the new multiarm stars were in the range of 1.11-1.82. Unexpectedly, with the combination of CuCl/CuBr(2)/2,2'-bipyridyl as catalyst, the polymerization conversion can be driven to maximum values of 79%. The control of CuCl cat…

Lanthanides benzimidinates: initiators or real catalysts for theɛ-caprolactone polymerization

2000

On the anionic polymerization of dialkylaminoisoprenes, 3. A nuclear magnetic resonance study of the structure of oligo[5-(N,N-diisopropylamino)isopr…

1995

The structure of oligo[(5-N,N-diisopropylamino)isoprenyllithium] (number-average degree of polymerization Pn = 1-2) prepared by reaction of alkyllithium with 5-(N,N-diisopropylamino)-isoprene1 in nonpolar (benzene) and polar (tetrahydrofuran) solvents has been studied by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. In tetrahydrofuran, as expected, the negative charge at the terminal chain unit is more delocalized than in benzene and, consequently, the carbon-lithium bond has a more ionic character. In both solvents the living chain end shows a cisoid-4, 1-structure. No cistrans isomerization could be detected. This independence of the carbanion structure of the solvent polarity is explained by the complexa…