[en] The supramolecular assembly of a series of copolymers combining a PEO-rich hydrophilic and fluorinated CO2-philic sequences is analysed by synchrotron small-angle xray scattering (SAXS) in supercritical CO2, as well as in water/CO2 emulsions. These copolymers were designed to have the same molecular weight and composition, and to differ only by their macromolecular architecture. The investigated copolymers have random, block, and palm-tree architectures. Besides, thermo-responsive copolymer is also analysed, having a hydrophilic sequence becoming water-insoluble around 41 °C, i.e. just above the critical point of CO2. At the length scale investigated by SAXS, only the random copolymer appears to self-assemble in pure CO2, in the form of a disordered microgel-like network. The random, block and thermo-responsive copolymers are all able to stabilize water/CO2 emulsions but not the copolymer with the palm-tree architecture, pointing at the importance of macromolecular architecture for the emulsifying properties. A modelling of the SAXS data shows that the block and the thermo-responsive copolymers form spherical micelle-like structures containing about 70 % water and 30 % polymer.
Research center :
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Chemistry Physics Materials science & engineering
Author, co-author :
Alaimo, David ; University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Hermida Merino, Daniel; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Grignard, Bruno ; University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Bras, Wim; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Jérôme, Christine ; University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Debuigne, Antoine ; University of Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Gommes, Cédric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie appliquée > Département de chimie appliquée
Language :
English
Title :
Small Angle X-ray Scattering Insights into the Architecture-Dependent Emulsifying Properties of Amphiphilic Copolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN :
1520-6106
eISSN :
1520-5207
Publisher :
American Chemical Society, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
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