Université de Fribourg

Electrostatic hierarchical co-assembly in aqueous solutions of two oppositely charged double hydrophilic diblock copolymers

Voets, Ilja K. ; Keizer, Arie de ; Leermakers, Frans A.M. ; Debuigne, Antoine ; Jérôme, Robert ; Detrembleur, Christophe ; Cohen Stuart, Martien A.

In: European Polymer Journal, 2009, vol. 45, no. 10, p. 2913-2925

The formation of spherical micelles in aqueous solutions of poly(N-methyl-2-vinyl pyridinium iodide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide), P2MVP-b-PEO and poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(vinyl alcohol), PAA-b-PVOH has been investigated with light scattering-titrations, dynamic and static light scattering, and ¹H 2D Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy. Complex coacervate...