TY - JOUR
T1 - Density profiles of well-defined poly(methyl 2-propenyl ether) (PMPE) near water interface
AU - Oda, Yukari
AU - Kawaguchi, Daisuke
AU - Hirata, Toyoaki
AU - Yamada, Norifumi L.
AU - Kanaoka, Shokyoku
AU - Aoshima, Sadahito
AU - Tanaka, Keiji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Poly(methyl 2-propenyl ether) (PMPE) is structually different in terms of the presence of an α-methyl group on the main chain from poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME), the phase behaviors of which have been widely characterized with polystyrene (PS) and water. Due to the incorporation of the α-methyl group, PMPE is immiscible with both PS and water. These results encouraged us to investigate a PMPE/water interface more closely. Thus, the density profiles of PMPE in the vicinity of the water interface were probed by neutron reflectivity (NR) measurement. Even in the presence of the α-methyl group on the main chain, PMPE slightly swelled near the water interface. The obtained results will give us an insight into a better design and construction of the polymers for several bioapplications.
AB - Poly(methyl 2-propenyl ether) (PMPE) is structually different in terms of the presence of an α-methyl group on the main chain from poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME), the phase behaviors of which have been widely characterized with polystyrene (PS) and water. Due to the incorporation of the α-methyl group, PMPE is immiscible with both PS and water. These results encouraged us to investigate a PMPE/water interface more closely. Thus, the density profiles of PMPE in the vicinity of the water interface were probed by neutron reflectivity (NR) measurement. Even in the presence of the α-methyl group on the main chain, PMPE slightly swelled near the water interface. The obtained results will give us an insight into a better design and construction of the polymers for several bioapplications.
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U2 - 10.1002/masy.201400031
DO - 10.1002/masy.201400031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926475018
SN - 1022-1360
VL - 350
SP - 99
EP - 104
JO - Macromolecular Symposia
JF - Macromolecular Symposia
IS - 1
ER -