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Thermo-Resistant Soft Glassy Suspensions of Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquid

Gkermpoura, Sandra ; Obiols-Rabasa, Marc LU ; Iatridi, Zacharoula and Tsitsilianis, Constantinos (2015) In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 7(23). p.12411-12421
Abstract
We report the rheological and structural properties of a suspension comprising poly(ethylene oxide)-polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) core-shell micellar nanoparticles dispersed in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquid. A liquid to soft solid transition was observed at a copolymer concentration of 10 wt % above which an elastic soft material was formed, which was composed of non-ordered jammed core-shell micellar nanoparticles. In the soft solid state, a significant reduction in the size of the nanoparticles, approaching hard sphere behavior, was observed by small-angle X-ray scattering which is attributed to compression of the soft poly(ethylene oxide) coronas. The nonvolatile ionic liquid-based glassy soft solid... (More)
We report the rheological and structural properties of a suspension comprising poly(ethylene oxide)-polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) core-shell micellar nanoparticles dispersed in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquid. A liquid to soft solid transition was observed at a copolymer concentration of 10 wt % above which an elastic soft material was formed, which was composed of non-ordered jammed core-shell micellar nanoparticles. In the soft solid state, a significant reduction in the size of the nanoparticles, approaching hard sphere behavior, was observed by small-angle X-ray scattering which is attributed to compression of the soft poly(ethylene oxide) coronas. The nonvolatile ionic liquid-based glassy soft solid formed exhibited remarkable thermal stability with a melting temperature of 141 °C at 20 wt % copolymer, which renders it suitable for applications involving elevated temperatures and/or reduced pressure where water-based formulations are inappropriate. (Less)
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ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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12411 - 12421
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1944-8244
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10.1021/am507587s
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  author       = {{Gkermpoura, Sandra and Obiols-Rabasa, Marc and Iatridi, Zacharoula and Tsitsilianis, Constantinos}},
  issn         = {{1944-8244}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{23}},
  pages        = {{12411--12421}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces}},
  title        = {{Thermo-Resistant Soft Glassy Suspensions of Polymeric Micellar Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquid}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am507587s}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/am507587s}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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