Nanoscopic hydrophilic/hydrophilic phase-separation well below the LCST of polyphosphoesters

Johannes Hunold, Thomas Wolf, Frederik R. Wurm, Dariush Hinderberger*

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Abstract

The complex phase separation process of thermoresponsive polyphosphoesters (PPEs) with an identical side-group structure but different copolymer compositions is characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In water these PPEs show LCST-type behavior, in which water-rich and slightly polymer-enriched nanoscopic regions are highly water swollen, and nanoscopic inhomogeneities with the lowest polarity contrast measured so far develop 8 °C below the macroscopic cloud point.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3414-3417
JournalChemical communications
Volume55
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes

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