Publication: Sphere-to-rod transition of non-surface-active amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles: A small-angle neutron scattering study
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2007-08-28
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07437463
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Langmuir. Vol.23, No.18 (2007), 9162-9169
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Ploysai Kaewsaiha, Kozo Matsumoto, Hideki Matsuoka Sphere-to-rod transition of non-surface-active amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles: A small-angle neutron scattering study. Langmuir. Vol.23, No.18 (2007), 9162-9169. doi:10.1021/la7003672 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24309
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Sphere-to-rod transition of non-surface-active amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles: A small-angle neutron scattering study
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Micellization behavior of amphiphilic diblock copolymers with strong acid groups, poly(hydrogenated isoprene)-block-poly(styrenesulfonate), was investigated by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). We have reported previously (Kaewsaiha, P.; Matsumoto, K.; Matsuoka, H. Langmuir 2005, 21, 9938) that this strongly ionic amphiphilic diblock copolymer shows almost no surface activity but forms micelles in water. In this study, the size, shape, and internal structures of the micelles formed by these unique copolymers in aqueous solution were duly investigated. The SANS data were well described by the theoretical form factor of a core-shell model and the Pedersen core-corona model. The micellar shape strongly depends on the hydrophobic chain length of the block copolymer. The polymer with the shortest hydrophobic chain was suggested to form spherical micelles, whereas the scattering curves of the longer hydrophobic chain polymers showed a q-1 dependence, reflecting the formation of rodlike micelles. Furthermore, the addition of salt at high concentration also induced the sphere-to-rod transition in micellar shape as a result of the shielding effect of electrostatic repulsion. The corona thickness was almost constant up to the critical salt concentration (around 0.2 M) and then decreased with further increases in salt concentration, which is in qualitatively agreement with existing theories. The spherical/rodlike micelle ratio was also constant up to the critical salt concentration and then decreased. The micelle size and shape of this unique polymer could be described by the common concept of the packing parameter, but the anomalously stable nature of the micelle (up to 1 M NaCl) is a special characteristic. © 2007 American Chemical Society.