Authors
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Yong, H. ; Rauch, S. ; Eichhorn, K.-J. ; Uhlmann, P. ; Fery, A. ; Sommer, J.-U.
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Title
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Consonsolvency transition of polymer brushes: A combined experimental and theoretical study
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Date
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11.06.2018
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Number
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55282
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Abstract
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In this study, the cononsolvency transition of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAAm) brushes in aqueous ethanol mixtures was studied by using Vis-spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) discussed in conjunction with the adsorption-attraction model. We proved that the cononsolvency transition of PNiPAAm brushes showed features of a volume phase transition, such as a sharp collapse, reaching a maximum decrease in thickness for a very narrow ethanol volume composition range of 15% to 17%. These observations are in agreement with the recently published preferential adsorption model of the cononsolvency effect.
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Publisher
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Materials (Open Access)
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Wikidata
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Citation
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Materials (Open Access) 11 (2018) ID991
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DOI
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11060991
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Tags
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cononsolvency preferential adsorption polymer brushes pnipaam ellipsometry
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