Issue 67, 2014

Mechano-responsive polymer solutions based on CO2 supersaturation: shaking-induced phase transitions and self-assembly or dissociation of polymeric nanoparticles

Abstract

Mechanical stimulation of supersaturated aqueous CO2 solutions is accompanied by a pH increase within seconds. In solutions of tailored homo- and AB diblock copolymers this is exploited to induce micelle formation, or, taking advantage of an aqueous upper critical solution temperature transition, nanoparticle disassembly.

Graphical abstract: Mechano-responsive polymer solutions based on CO2 supersaturation: shaking-induced phase transitions and self-assembly or dissociation of polymeric nanoparticles

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 May 2014
Accepted
04 Jul 2014
First published
04 Jul 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9561-9564

Author version available

Mechano-responsive polymer solutions based on CO2 supersaturation: shaking-induced phase transitions and self-assembly or dissociation of polymeric nanoparticles

P. J. Roth, J. Y. Quek, Y. Zhu, B. M. Blunden and A. B. Lowe, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9561 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04139A

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