Solvation characteristics of a model water-soluble polymer

✍ Scribed by Boualem Hammouda

• Book ID: 105338440
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 116 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0887-6266
• DOI: 10.1002/polb.20967

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The model water‐soluble polymer poly(ethylene oxide) was used to investigate solvation characteristics in mixtures of d‐water (deuterated water) and d‐alcohols (deuterated alcohols). Three d‐alcohols have been used: d‐methanol, d‐ethanol, and d‐ethylene glycol. Small angle neutron scattering was used to monitor the solvation properties of poly(ethylene oxide) in the d‐solvent mixtures. Nonideal solvent mixing was observed throughout. Solvent mixtures were found to be more effective solvating agents than individual solvents. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 3195–3199, 2006