PMID- 16471557
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060821
LR  - 20070323
IS  - 1520-6106 (Print)
IS  - 1520-5207 (Linking)
VI  - 110
IP  - 1
DP  - 2006 Jan 12
TI  - Self-consistent-field analysis of the micellization of carboxy-modified 
      poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock 
      copolymers.
PG  - 465-77
AB  - The micellization properties of carboxy-modified Pluronics P85 (poly(ethylene 
      oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock 
      copolymers) are investigated by means of a molecularly realistic 
      self-consistent-field theory. We consider the, so-called, carboxylic acid 
      end-standing P85 (CAE-85) case where the carboxylic group is located at the end 
      of both PEO parts and the carboxylic acid center-standing P85 (CAC-85) case where 
      each of the carboxylic group presents between the PEO and PPO blocks. The 
      micellization of these copolymers depends on the pH, the added electrolyte 
      concentration phis, and the temperature. It is shown that the aggregation number 
      (Nagg) decreases, whereas the critical micellization concentration (CMC) 
      increases with pH. For the case of increasing phis, the Nagg increases and the 
      CMC decreases. The critical micellization temperature (CMT) and cloud point 
      temperature (CPT) increase with pH at low phis and decrease at increasing phis. 
      The changing from CAE-85 to CAC-85 leads to increasing CMC and CMT, but lower 
      CPT.
FAU - Lauw, Y
AU  - Lauw Y
AD  - Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science, Wageningen University, 
      Dreijenplein 6, Wageningen 6700 EK, The Netherlands.
FAU - Leermakers, F A M
AU  - Leermakers FA
FAU - Cohen Stuart, M A
AU  - Cohen Stuart MA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Phys Chem B
JT  - The journal of physical chemistry. B
JID - 101157530
EDAT- 2006/02/14 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/14 09:01
CRDT- 2006/02/14 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/14 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/14 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2006/02/14 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/jp053795a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Phys Chem B. 2006 Jan 12;110(1):465-77. doi: 10.1021/jp053795a.