PMID- 17269807
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070627
LR  - 20070220
IS  - 0743-7463 (Print)
IS  - 0743-7463 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 5
DP  - 2007 Feb 27
TI  - Colloidal phase separation of concentrated PNIPAm solutions.
PG  - 2404-7
AB  - In the concentration range of 1-6 wt %, solutions of a thermosensitive polymer 
      (poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAm), Mw = 1.4 x 10(5) g.mol(-1)) are shown to 
      phase separate in the form of dense stable colloids of nearly pure polymer. 
      Diffuse wave spectroscopy and small-angle neutron scattering both provide 
      consistent measurements of the colloidal size as a function of temperature. 
      Results are in agreement with a Cahn regime of spinodal decomposition blocked at 
      an early stage, prior to a growth that would lead to a macroscopic phase 
      separation. [Early results of this work were presented at the 231st American 
      Chemical Society National Meeting, Symposium on Amphiphilic Polymers, Atlanta, 
      GA, 2006, March 26-30.].
FAU - Balu, Caroline
AU  - Balu C
AD  - LIONS, SCM-C.E.A. Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France.
FAU - Delsanti, Michel
AU  - Delsanti M
FAU - Guenoun, Patrick
AU  - Guenoun P
FAU - Monti, Fabrice
AU  - Monti F
FAU - Cloitre, Michel
AU  - Cloitre M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20070202
PL  - United States
TA  - Langmuir
JT  - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
JID - 9882736
EDAT- 2007/02/03 09:00
MHDA- 2007/02/03 09:01
CRDT- 2007/02/03 09:00
PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/02/03 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/la0627821 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Langmuir. 2007 Feb 27;23(5):2404-7. doi: 10.1021/la0627821. Epub 2007 Feb 2.