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Macromol. Chem. Phys. 4/2017
Author(s) -
Osváth Zsófia,
Iván Béla
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201770012
Subject(s) - upper critical solution temperature , lower critical solution temperature , cloud point , phase diagram , hysteresis , materials science , transmittance , polymer chemistry , polymer , thermodynamics , phase (matter) , chemistry , physics , optics , organic chemistry , composite material , condensed matter physics , pulmonary surfactant , copolymer
Front Cover : The critical solution temperature (CST) of solutions for LCST‐ and UCST‐type thermoresponsive polymers is crucial not only from scientific but application point of views as well. However, single‐point experimental data are widely claimed inappropriately as LCST or UCST without measuring the full phase diagram. Comparison of the broadly scattering data is impossible because of the lack of standardized CST determination for the heating‐cooling cycles. An attempt to overcome these frustrating difficulties by determining the cloud point (T CP ), clearing point (T CL ), width of hysteresis (X H ) and extent of transmittance recovery (Y H ) as a function of condition parameters is reported by Zsófia Osváth and Béla Iván in the article number 1600470.