SANS study of the micellar structure of PEO/PPO/PEO aqueous solution

Journal Article · Thu Apr 06 04:00:00 EDT 1995 · Journal of Physical Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100014a033· OSTI ID:41634

Wu, G; Chu, B ^[1]; Schneider, D K ^[2]

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1. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
2. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) was used to investigate the micellar structure formed by a poly(oxyethylene-oxypropylene-oxyethylene) (PEO{sub 13}PPO{sub 30}PEO{sub 13}, Pluronic L64) copolymer in D{sub 2}O over a temperature range of 8.4-35.0{degree}C. The intermicellar interactions were corrected by using an equivalent hard sphere approximation with an equivalent hard sphere radius. The aggregation number of the micelles decreased with decreasing temperature. The micellar scattering behavior could be well described by a core-shell structure. Based on the core-shell model, the volume fraction of the polymer segments in the micellar shell was less than 0.2. The micellar molar mass became larger after having introduced an organic solvent (xylene) into the system and increased with increasing amount of solubilized xylene. The maximum amount of solubilized xylene in the micelle was of the order of 0.3-0.4 xylene molecule per PO unit. 35 refs., 7 figs., 3 tabs.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-86ER45237
• OSTI ID: 41634
• Journal Information: Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 99; ISSN JPCHAX; ISSN 0022-3654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
40 CHEMISTRY
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
COPOLYMERS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MICELLAR SYSTEMS
NUMERICAL DATA
SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING
SOLUBILITY
XYLENES