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Well Ordered Polymer Melts from Blends of Disordered Triblock Copolymer Surfactants and Functional Homopolymers
Author(s) -
Tirumala Vijay R.,
Romang Alvin,
Agarwal Sumit,
Lin Eric K.,
Watkins James J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200701577
Subject(s) - materials science , copolymer , poloxamer , amphiphile , pulmonary surfactant , nanomaterials , polymer , chemical engineering , functional polymers , fabrication , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , polymer science , composite material , engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Addition of a functional homopolymer induces disorder‐to‐order transition in commercially available Pluronic surfactant melts. This approach may facilitate the use of amphiphilic surfactants in the industrial fabrication of structured nanomaterials.