Pressure-induced formation of diblock copolymer \"micelles\" in supercritical fluids. A combined study by small angle scattering experiments and mean-field theory. II. Kinetics of the unimer-aggregate transition (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Pressure-induced formation of diblock copolymer \"micelles\" in supercritical fluids. A combined study by small angle scattering experiments and mean-field theory. II. Kinetics of the unimer-aggregate transition (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2004-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • A. Raudino, F. Lo Celso, A. Triolo and R. Triolo (2004)
    Pressure-induced formation of diblock copolymer "micelles" in supercritical fluids. A combined study by small angle scattering experiments and mean-field theory. II. Kinetics of the unimer-aggregate transition
    in THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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  • A. Raudino, F. Lo Celso, A. Triolo and R. Triolo (literal)
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  • 3499 (literal)
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  • 120 (literal)
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  • Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica \"F. Accascina,\" Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy IPCF, CNR-Messina, Messina, Italy (literal)
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  • Pressure-induced formation of diblock copolymer \"micelles\" in supercritical fluids. A combined study by small angle scattering experiments and mean-field theory. II. Kinetics of the unimer-aggregate transition (literal)
Abstract
  • We developed a simple time-dependent mean-field theory to describe the phase separation kinetics of either homopolymers or AB-diblock copolymers in supercritical (SC) fluids. The model, previously used to describe the phase behavior of AB-block copolymers under the assumption of strong solvent selectivity for just one copolymer chain, has been extended to study the kinetics of the phase separation process. Time resolved small angle x-ray scattering (TR–SAXS) measurements have been performed on different AB-diblock copolymers containing a perfluorinated chain and dissolved in SC–CO2. The data obtained over a wide range of pressure and temperature confirm our theoretical predictions. Particularly interesting is the presence of two relaxation frequencies for the homogeneous solutionspherical aggregate transition, where the two relaxation processes depend on the depth of the pressure jump and on temperature. The whole phenomenon could be explained as an initial SC solvent/polymer phase separation followed by a slow reorientation process to form spherical aggregates driven by the copolymer solvophilic moiety. (literal)
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