期刊
POLYMERS
卷 3, 期 1, 页码 281-298出版社
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/polym3010281
关键词
pluronic; block copolymer; order-order transition; SANS; SAXS; rheology; hysteresis
资金
- National Science Foundation [DMR-0454672, CTS-9871110, CTS-0521079]
Concentrated solutions of a water-soluble block copolymer (PEO)(20)-(PPO)(70)-(PEO)(20) show a thermoreversible transition from a liquid to a gel. Over a range of concentration there also exists an order-order transition (OOT) between cubically-packed spherical micelles and hexagonally-packed cylindrical micelles. This OOT displays a hysteresis between the heating and cooling transitions that is observed at both the macroscale through rheology and nanoscale through small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The hysteresis is caused by the persistence of the cubically-packed spherical micelle phase into the hexagonally-packed cylindrical micelle phase likely due to the hindered realignment of the spherical micelles into cylindrical micelles and then packing of the cylindrical micelles into a hexagonally-packed cylindrical micelle phase. This type of hysteresis must be fully characterized, and possibly avoided, for these block copolymer systems to be used as templates in nanocomposites.
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