Amphiphilic Comb Polymers as New Additives in Bicontinuous Microemulsions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
2.2. Further Materials
2.3. Phase Diagram Measurements
2.4. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)
3. Analysis Methods
3.1. Theory of Microemulsion Characterization
3.2. Phase Diagrams
3.3. Small-Angle Neutron Scattering on Domains
3.4. Contrast Variation SANS Measurements and Singular Value Decomposition
3.5. Polymer Scattering Model
4. Results
4.1. Contrast Variation Experiments
4.2. Extensive Phase Diagram Measurements
4.3. Rationalization
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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PBO Backbone | PBO-PEO Comb Polymer | |||||
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Polymer | MBBtot a (g/mol) | PDIBBtot b | PDIcomb b | mSC/mBB c | NSC d | MSC e (g/mol) |
Comb 1 | 11,200 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.40 | 13.1 | 340 |
Comb 2 | 11,200 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.13 | 12.3 | 1030 |
Comb 3 | 11,200 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 3.50 | 13.1 | 2990 |
Comb 4 | 10,300 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.36 | 36.9 | 380 |
Comb 5 | 11,400 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 44.8 | 290 |
Comb 6 | 29,000 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.42 | 11.6 | 1050 |
Comb 7 | 29,000 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.94 | 24.1 | 1130 |
Comb 8 | 10,300 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 10.49 | 36.5 | 2960 |
PEG 4.6 k | 4600 | 1.05 | (4.0) |
Polymer | MBB a (g/mol) | ReeBB (Å) | ReeSC (Å) | ||
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Comb1 | 850 | 18.66 | 14.54 | 0.876 | 0.943 |
Comb2 | 910 | 19.35 | 27.66 | 1.177 | 1.102 |
Comb3 | 850 | 18.66 | 51.32 | 1.491 | 1.358 |
Comb4 | 280 | 9.75 | 15.51 | 1.229 | 1.138 |
Comb5 | 250 | 9.24 | 13.26 | 1.179 | 1.103 |
Comb6 | 2500 | 34.77 | 27.97 | 0.892 | 0.950 |
Comb7 | 1200 | 22.75 | 29.19 | 1.124 | 1.068 |
Comb8 | 280 | 9.81 | 51.02 | 1.815 | 1.693 |
PEG 4.6k | 850 | 29.49 | (0) | (1) | (1) |
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Saha, D.; Peddireddy, K.R.; Allgaier, J.; Zhang, W.; Maccarrone, S.; Frielinghaus, H.; Richter, D. Amphiphilic Comb Polymers as New Additives in Bicontinuous Microemulsions. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2410. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122410
Saha D, Peddireddy KR, Allgaier J, Zhang W, Maccarrone S, Frielinghaus H, Richter D. Amphiphilic Comb Polymers as New Additives in Bicontinuous Microemulsions. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(12):2410. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122410
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaha, Debasish, Karthik R. Peddireddy, Jürgen Allgaier, Wei Zhang, Simona Maccarrone, Henrich Frielinghaus, and Dieter Richter. 2020. "Amphiphilic Comb Polymers as New Additives in Bicontinuous Microemulsions" Nanomaterials 10, no. 12: 2410. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10122410