Conformational change and suppression of the Θ-temperature for solutions of polymer-grafted nanoparticles

Soft Matter, 2018, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00929E, PaperKatrina Mongcopa, Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Rana Ashkar, Paul Butler, Ramanan Krishnamoorti We determine the conformational change of polystyrene chains grafted to silica nanoparticles dispersed in deuterated cyclohexane using small-angle neutron scattering. The cyclohexane/polystyrene system exhibits an upper-critical solution temperature below which... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry

Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - July 10, 2018 Category: Chemistry Authors: Katrina Mongcopa Source Type: research