Ultrafine Network-Like Monolayer Structures of Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Copolymers Revealed by the Relative Aggregation Number Method
Yuqing Wei,
Gangyao Wen,
Anastasia Balafouti
et al.
Abstract:The aggregation behavior of two amphiphilic hyperbranched copolymers of poly[oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate-co-lauryl methacrylate] (H-[P(OEGMA-co-LMA)]) at the air/water interface was investigated by using the Langmuir film balance technique and atomic force microscopy (AFM). At the air/water interface, H-[P(OEGMA-co-LMA)] copolymers spontaneously form the ultrafine network-like monolayer structures of micelles; each micelle consists of a tiny hydrophobic core of one or two carbon backbones and lauryl si… Show more
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