Kinetics and growth mode of aggregation phenomena inside polymer brushes

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We will use time-resolved specular neutron reflectivity measurements to follow the in-situ growth of polymer brushes by surface-initiated ATRP. This will enable us to determine the segment density distribution during growth and so determine if growth proceeds in a swollen or collapsed state. This growth mode has implications for the way in which the prepared brushes respond to environmental stimuli. We will also use time-resolved measurements to observe how the combined surfactant and polymer density distribution evolves as surfactant multilayer structures grow inside the brush. Having assembled these structures we will then follow the salt-induced disassembly. The modes of growth and disassembly and the corresponding kinetics will be related to the nature of the aggregates (discrete micelles or extended lamellae).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079477
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079477
Provenance
Creator Dr Simon Titmuss; Mr Haidong Jia
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-07-12T04:32:28Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-07-30T08:10:59Z