copolymer worms
Are block copolymer worms more effective Pickering emulsifiers than block copolymer spheres?
... diblock copolymer nano-objects do not survive the high shear conditions required for homogenisation of the oil ...of copolymer concentration. For soluble block copolymer chains, the mean droplet ...
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Structure and Properties of Nanocomposites Formed by the Occlusion of Block Copolymer Worms and Vesicles Within Calcite Crystals
... diblock copolymer worms or vesicles to produce single crystals of calcite occluding a high density of the organic ...and copolymer micelles, it is shown that the effect of these occlusions on the ...
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Combining biomimetic block copolymer worms with an ice inhibiting polymer for the solvent free cryopreservation of red blood cells
... the copolymer worms retained their ability to form free- standing gels upon warming to room temperature, suggesting an attractive one-pot solution for future whole blood cryopreservation and ...
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Are block copolymer worms more effective Pickering emulsifiers than block copolymer spheres?
... individual copolymer chains, rather than ...block copolymer spheres and worms when employed as putative Pickering ...block copolymer worms described herein are much more readily ...
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A Robust Cross-Linking Strategy for Block Copolymer Worms Prepared via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
... diblock copolymer worms prior to cross-linking in order to assess their colloidal stability in both water and ...these worms possessed sphere-equivalent hydrodynamic diameters of 100 − 210 nm and ...
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RAFT Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization Yields Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Diblock Copolymer Nano-Objects with Predictable Single Phase Morphologies
... diblock copolymer composition could be identi fi ed at the highest concentration (20% w/w solids) that enabled a pure worm phase to be obtained (see Figure ...the worms could only be determined from the ...
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Thermo-responsive Diblock Copolymer Worm Gels in Non-polar Solvents.
... directly in either water, 22−25,28,31−34 alcohol, 26,27,30,35−40 or n- alkanes 29,43 at relatively high solids (up to 25%) during the synthesis of the copolymer chains. The worm phase is particularly interesting, ...
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pH-Responsive Non-Ionic Diblock Copolymers: Ionization of Carboxylic Acid End-Groups Induces an Order-Order Morphological Transition
... PGMA–PHPMA copolymer worms are converted into free-flowing dispersions comprising spheres on increasing the solution ...diblock copolymer nano-objects differ from con- ventional pH-responsive weak ...
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Directed Assembly of Soft Anisotropic Nanoparticles by Colloid Electrospinning.
... triblock copolymer worms could be readily processed in the presence of poly(vinyl alcohol) via electro- spinning to produce uniform smooth fi bers, thereby sub- stantially increasing the persistence length ...
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pH-Responsive Non-Ionic Diblock Copolymers: Ionization of Carboxylic Acid End-Groups Induces an Order–Order Morphological Transition
... PGMA–PHPMA copolymer worms are converted into free-flowing dispersions comprising spheres on increasing the solution ...diblock copolymer nano-objects differ from con- ventional pH-responsive weak ...
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RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization yields poly(ethylene glycol)-based diblock copolymer nano-objects with predictable single phase morphologies
... diblock copolymer composition could be identi fi ed at the highest concentration (20% w/w solids) that enabled a pure worm phase to be obtained (see Figure ...the worms could only be determined from the ...
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Preparation of Pickering Double Emulsions Using Block Copolymer Worms.
... Characterization of Precursor O/W and W/O Emul- sions. In preliminary experiments, the properties of precursor o/w and w/o emulsions were investigated in order to assess whether the hydrophobic or hydrophilic block ...
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A Critical Appraisal of RAFT-Mediated Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
... block copolymer worms prepared using a thermoresponsive stabilizer ...LCST, worms were formed with multifunctional groups located at the surface, allowing further coupling reactions or chemical ...
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Tuning the critical gelation temperature of thermo-responsive diblock copolymer worm gels
... Over the last seven years, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has been shown to be a versatile and efficient technique for the synthesis of various amphiphilic diblock copolymer nano-objects, with ...
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Ascariasis Is a Zoonosis in Denmark
... In recent years, several cases of child ascariasis with unex- plained epidemiology were observed by the Department of Clinical Microbiology in Viborg County, Denmark (6). None of the children had been traveling, but we ...
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Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of novel acrylic materials
... the copolymer of N-Vinylpyrrolidone and 2, 4-Dichlorophenyl ...The copolymer composition were determined by ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy and molecular weight were determined by gel permeation ...
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From the feces to the genome: a guideline for the isolation and preservation of Strongyloides stercoralis in the field for genetic and genomic analysis of individual worms
... The lysates of single worms can be directly used for PCR amplification. Normally 1–2 µl lysate is sufficient for amplification. Here we describe our PCR protocol using Taq DNA polymerase and ThermoPol Reaction ...
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Aqueous worm gels can be reconstituted from freeze-dried diblock copolymer powder.
... agreement with TEM data and conrmed that the reconstituted gel obtained aer freeze-drying is physically identical to the original worm gel (Fig. 1a and b, and Fig. S3a and b in the ESI†). As already noted above, ...
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Interactions between worms and malaria: Good worms or bad worms?
... intestinal worms, three found a decrease, and one found no ...which worms are predominantly involved in these observations hookworm was associated with increased malaria incidence in two studies, and ...
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RAFT dispersion polymerization in non-polar solvents: facile production of block copolymer spheres, worms and vesicles in n-alkanes
... ABSTRACT. Well-defined poly(lauryl methacrylate-benzyl methacrylate) (PLMA-PBzMA) diblock copolymer nanoparticles are prepared in n-heptane at 90°C via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) ...
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