Skip to main content
Article
Phase Behavior of Amphiphilic Diblock Co-oligomers with Nonionic and Ionic Hydrophilic Groups
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Jennifer M. Heinen, Iowa State University
  • Annabelle C. M. Blom, University of Sydney
  • Brian S. Hawkett, University of Sydney
  • Gregory G. Warr, University of Sydney
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
3-14-2013
DOI
10.1021/jp307875z
Abstract

The synthesis of a series of co-oligomer amphiphiles by RAFT and their self-assembly behavior in water is described. These novel amphiphiles, comprised of styrene, butyl acrylate, and alkyl hydrophobes together with ionic acrylic acid and nonionic hydroxyethylacrylate hydrophilic moieties and with a total degree of polymerization from 5 to 17, represent a new class of small-molecule surfactants that can be formed from the immense potential library of all polymerizable monomers. Examples of micellar solutions and discrete cubic, hexagonal, lamellar, and inverted hexagonal lyotropic phases, as well as vesicle dispersions and coexisting lamellar phases, are reported and characterized by small-angle scattering. The variation of self-assembly structure with co-oligomer composition, concentration, and solution conditions is interpreted by analogy with the surfactant packing parameter used for conventional small-molecule amphiphile

Comments

Reprinted with permission from The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117 (2013): 3005–3018, doi:10.1021/jp307875z. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society.

Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Jennifer M. Heinen, Annabelle C. M. Blom, Brian S. Hawkett and Gregory G. Warr. "Phase Behavior of Amphiphilic Diblock Co-oligomers with Nonionic and Ionic Hydrophilic Groups" The Journal of Physical Chemistry B Vol. 117 Iss. 10 (2013) p. 3005 - 3018
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_heinen/1/