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Polysoaps: The signatures of intrachain self assembly in θ solvents
Author(s) -
Borisov Oleg. V.,
Halperin Avraham
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19971170114
Subject(s) - micelle , amphiphile , monomer , metastability , solvent , chain (unit) , polymer chemistry , polymer , materials science , covalent bond , chemistry , chemical physics , copolymer , organic chemistry , physics , aqueous solution , astronomy
Polysoaps are linear hydrophilic chains that incorporate, at intervals, covalently bound amphiphilic monomers. In water, the amphiphilic monomers self assemble into intrachain micelles thus endowing the chain with a secondary structure. Long polysoaps adopt a variety of configurations involving many intrachain micelles. While the stable configuration is that of a dense globule of closely packed micelles, it is also important to consider metastable configurations such as linear and branched strings of micelles. Theoretical discussion of these issues is presented for the case of a θ solvent for the hydrophilic backbone.