Macromolecules

Photophysical characterization of conformational rearrangements for amphiphilic 6-arm star block copolymers in selective solvent mixtures

…, A Heise, JL Hedrick, RD Miller, CW Frank

Index: Yoo, Mikyong; Heise, Andreas; Hedrick, James L.; Miller, Robert D.; Frank, Curtis W. Macromolecules, 2003 , vol. 36, # 1 p. 268 - 271

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Citation Number: 40

Abstract

Block copolymers are well-known to form supermolecular self-assembled structures, or micelles, in a selective solvent that is thermodynamically good for one block and poor for the other. 1, 2 The architecture of polymer micelles depends on temperature, concentration, solvent, and the molecular weight of the copolymer. 3 These materials are of interest because of their fundamental structure-property relationships, 4, 5 eg, rheology and ...