Ordering transitions of fluoroalkyl-ended poly(ethylene glycol): Rheology and SANS

Giyoong Tae; Julia A. Kornfield; Jeffrey A. Hubbell; Jyotsana Lal

doi:10.1021/ma011809e

Ordering transitions of fluoroalkyl-ended poly(ethylene glycol): Rheology and SANS

Giyoong Tae, Julia A. Kornfield, Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Jyotsana Lal

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Aqueous solutions of associative polymers consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (6K or 10K g/mol) terminated at both ends with hydrophobic fluoroalkyl segments, -(CH₂)₂C_nF_2n+1 (n = 6, 8, or 10), exhibit ordering transitions with increasing concentration. The hydrophobic cores of the micelle-like aggregates order into a body-centered-cubic (bcc) structure, as observed by small-angle neutron scattering. The aggregation number of the hydrophobic core N_ag is determined by the length of the hydrophobic end group and is insensitive to polymer concentration or temperature. Ordering is enhanced by reducing PEG length for a given end group (hence, similar N_ag) or by increasing end group length (larger N_ag) for a given PEG length. This micelle packing effect is manifested in changes in the viscoelastic properties. Specifically, the single-relaxation behavior in the dynamic moduli changes upon ordering as a new low-frequency elastic plateau appears, and in creep a linear response changes to yielding behavior.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4448-4457
Number of pages	10
Journal	Macromolecules
Volume	35
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ma011809e
State	Published - May 21 2002

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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