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New amphiphilic poly(butadiene)‐graft‐poly(ethylene oxide)s
Author(s) -
Decher Heribert,
Stadler Reimund
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1995.210380301
Subject(s) - copolymer , ethylene oxide , amphiphile , polymer chemistry , grafting , poly ethylene , materials science , oxide , tetrahydrofuran , dynamic light scattering , ethylene , side chain , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , catalysis , nanotechnology , composite material , solvent , nanoparticle , engineering , metallurgy
Amphiphilic graft copolymers with a poly(butadiene) backbone and poly(ethylene oxide) side chains were synthesized by grafting isocyanateterminated poly(ethylene oxide) on to partially hydroxylated poly(butadiene). The graft copolymers are water soluble if the fraction of hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) exceeds 50 wt%. Solutions of graft copolymers in water and tetrahydrofuran were studied by static light scattering and viscosity measurements. By dynamic light scattering in solution it was shown that the graft copolymers form clusters.