Issue 37, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Self-assembly of double hydrophobic block copolymers in water–ethanol mixtures: from micelles to thermoresponsive micellar gels†

Richard Hoogenboom,*abc   Sarah Rogers,d   Aydin Can,abe   C. Remzi Becer,abe   Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez,ab   Daan Wouters,ab   Stephanie Hoeppenera  and  Ulrich S. Schubert*abe  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: r.hoogenboom@tue.nl

b Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands

c DWI an RWTH Aachen e.V., Pauwelsstrasse 8, 52056 Aachen, Germany

d ISIS-STFC Neutron Scattering Facility, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OXON, UK

e Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany

Abstract

Micellization and micellar gel formation of poly(styrene)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) [PS-b-PMMA] are demonstrated in a water–ethanolsolvent mixture; full hydration of the PMMA causes a large radius of gyration resulting in micellar gel formation at only 1 wt% polymer concentration.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of double hydrophobic block copolymers in water–ethanol mixtures: from micelles to thermoresponsive micellar gels

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B911858F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jun 2009
Accepted
28 Jul 2009
First published
13 Aug 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 5582-5584

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Self-assembly of double hydrophobic block copolymers in water–ethanol mixtures: from micelles to thermoresponsive micellar gels

R. Hoogenboom, S. Rogers, A. Can, C. R. Becer, C. Guerrero-Sanchez, D. Wouters, S. Hoeppener and U. S. Schubert, Chem. Commun., 2009, 5582 DOI: 10.1039/B911858F

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