Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles in selective solvents: The effect of solvent selectivity on micelle formation

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Beitragende

  • Labeesh Kumar - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Andriy Horechyy - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Eva Bittrich - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Bhanu Nandan - , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) (Autor:in)
  • Petra Uhlmann - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Fery - , Professur für Physikalische Chemie polymerer Materialien (gB/IPF) (PC5), Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

We investigated the micellar behavior of a series of asymmetric polystyrene-block-poly (4-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P4VP) block copolymers in different P4VP-selective alcoholic solvents. The micellar behavior was further correlated with the spectroscopic ellipsometry results obtained on swelling of PS and P4VP polymer films in the corresponding solvent vapors. The time-resolved (in situ) dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements, in combination with (ex situ) electron microscopy imaging, revealed information about the aggregation state of PS-b-P4VP BCP in different alcohols and the effect of heat treatment. The ellipsometry measurements allowed us to estimate the difference in solvent selectivity toward PS/P4VP pair. Both DLS and ellipsometric studies suggested that less polar alcohols (i.e., 1-propanol, 1-butanol, and 1-pentanol) are likely to be close to each other in terms of their selectivity toward PS/P4VP pair, whereas more polar ethanol and methanol show the highest and the lowest affinity toward P4VP, respectively.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1882
FachzeitschriftPolymers
Jahrgang11
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Nov. 2019
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Block copolymer micelles, P4VP corona, PS-b-P4VP, Selective solvent, Solution self-assembly, Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Vapor swelling