2005
DOI: 10.1021/jp0468408
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Sodium Chloride and Ethanol Induced Sphere to Rod Transition of Triblock Copolymer Micelles

Abstract: Dynamic light scattering (DLS), small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), and viscosity studies have been carried out to examine the influence of NaCl and ethanol on the structure of triblock copolymer [(EO)20(PO)70(EO)20] (EO = ethylene oxide; PO = propylene oxide) micelles in aqueous medium. The studies show that while the pure triblock copolymer solutions do not show any significant growth of the micelles on approaching the cloud point, the presence of a small amount of ethanol (5-10%) induces a sphere to rod … Show more

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“…The disappearance of the correlation peak, shows change in shape of the micelles from sphere to ellipsoidal. Ganguly et al [46] have shown similar effects for prolate ellipsoidal transition in P123 micelles on addition of ethanol. Fig.…”
Section: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (Sans)mentioning
confidence: 72%
“…The disappearance of the correlation peak, shows change in shape of the micelles from sphere to ellipsoidal. Ganguly et al [46] have shown similar effects for prolate ellipsoidal transition in P123 micelles on addition of ethanol. Fig.…”
Section: Small Angle Neutron Scattering (Sans)mentioning
confidence: 72%
“…The disappearance of correlation peak confirms the sphere-to-ellipsoidal transition. Ganguly et al [13] have shown similar effects for prolate ellipsoidal transition in P123 micelles on addition of ethanol. Figure 2 shows the SANS profiles for 5% P123, P85, F127 and F88 in the presence of 0.6 wt% diol.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…Three small-angle neutron scattering facilities are operated at Dhruva. One instrument based on pin-hole collimation geometry has been extensively used [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] for research in the area of soft condensed matter, such as polymers, colloids, surfactants, biopolymers, gels, liquid crystals, foams and emulsions. A polarized neutron small-angle facility is also available recently on the spin-echo spectrometer [24].…”
Section: Structural Studies At Mesoscopic Length Scalementioning
confidence: 99%