Time-resolved and Temperature-dependent SAXS Studies During the Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles

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We have recently developed a new class of thermoresponsive amphiphilic diblock copolymers that can switch reversibly between four copolymer morphologies in aqueous solution. This enables the viscoelastic properties of the material to be controlled within a narrow temperature range that is relevant for potential biomedical applications. We now wish to conduct a series of time-resolved SAXS studies during the synthesis of such thermoresponsive diblock copolymer nanoparticles via RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerisation. We also wish to use SAXS/USAXS to characterise the evolution in copolymer morphology from spheres to worms to vesicles to lamellae between 5°C and 30°C. A machine-learning algorithm will be implemented to analyse these SAXS patterns and hence quantify the composition of intermediate mixed phases (e.g. spheres + worms, or worms + vesicles, or vesicles + lamellae).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-2036031969
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/2036031969
Provenance
Creator Mark NEWELL; Joshua TYLER ORCID logo; Oleksandr O. MYKHAYLYK; Max ALLEN; Thomas JACKSON; Gouranga MANNA ORCID logo
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2028
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields