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Quantitative determination of the spring entropy effect and its indication of the conformational change of polymer coils with varying concentration in aqueous poly(N-isopropylamide) solutions

Abstract

The lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase separation behaviors of thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) aqueous solutions were investigated by power-compensation differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The entropic effect and hence the change of swelling state of PNIPAM polymer coils in homogeneous concentrated aqueous solutions with varied solution composition was elucidated by the isothermal enthalpy demixing recovery behaviors in distinct concentration regions.

Graphical abstract: Quantitative determination of the spring entropy effect and its indication of the conformational change of polymer coils with varying concentration in aqueous poly(N-isopropylamide) solutions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jan 2019
Accepted
05 Feb 2019
First published
14 Feb 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 5540-5549

Quantitative determination of the spring entropy effect and its indication of the conformational change of polymer coils with varying concentration in aqueous poly(N-isopropylamide) solutions

L. Song, J. Lin, P. Liu, J. Li, S. Jiang and D. Huang, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 5540 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00117D

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