Isotropic transition behaviour of an amphiphilic di-block copolymer under pressure

Autor: Hirohisa Yoshida, Laure Pison, Chihiro Iwamoto, Jean-Pierre E. Grolier, Tomokazu Iyoda, Séverine A. E. Boyer
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 85:699-706
ISSN: 1572-8943
1388-6150
Popis: The present work deals with the interactions between carbon dioxide, used as pressure medium, either in the gas state (GCO2) or in the supercritical state (SCCO2) and amphiphilic di-block copolymers PEOm-b-PMA(Az)n. The effect of pressure on the isotropic transition of the PEOm-b-PMA(Az)n copolymer was investigated using scanning transitiometry (ST). The experimental results were compared with those measured when using ‘relatively inert’ mercury (Hg) as pressure medium. Morphological observation of a PEOm-b-PMA(Az)n thin film submitted to SCCO2 was performed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate the nano-structure organization. These results indicate the possibility of modifying the nano-structure in a specific way depending on the CO2 physical state.
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