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@ARTICLE{Zinn:824279,
author = {Zinn, Thomas and Willner, Lutz and Pipich, Vitaliy and
Richter, Dieter and Lund, Reidar},
title = {{M}olecular {E}xchange {K}inetics of {M}icelles: {C}orona
{C}hain {L}ength {D}ependence},
journal = {ACS Macro Letters},
volume = {5},
number = {7},
issn = {2161-1653},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS},
reportid = {FZJ-2016-06898},
pages = {884 - 888},
year = {2016},
abstract = {The rate of molecular exchange in diblock copolymer
micelles is strongly dependent on the chain length of the
core-forming insoluble block. Less is known about the
influence of the soluble block forming the micellar corona.
In this study we present a time-resolved small angle neutron
scattering (TR-SANS) study exploring systematically the
effect of corona chain length on the dynamics of chain
exchange. As a model system we have taken amphiphilic AB
diblock copolymers of the type C27H55-poly(ethylene oxide)x
(C27–PEOx) with varying x between 4 and 36 kg/mol in
aqueous solution in which well-defined spherical micelles
with partially crystalline cores are formed. The TR-SANS
results show that the chain exchange slows down considerably
upon increasing PEO molecular weight, while the
characteristic “attempt time” constant, τ0, was found
to increase with a power law dependence τ0 ∼ MPEO9/5. The
results are in excellent agreement with the Halperin and
Alexander model1 and can be attributed to a reduced
diffusion rate through the micellar corona. Our results
clearly demonstrate that the rate for molecular exchange is
not directly coupled to the solubility of the amphiphile and
the critical micellar concentration, as has previously been
indicated.},
cin = {JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS
(München) ; JCNS-FRM-II / Neutronenstreuung ; JCNS-1 /
ICS-1 / JCNS-2 / PGI-4},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-1-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-1-20110106 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106},
pnm = {6G15 - FRM II / MLZ (POF3-6G15) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for
Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G15 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS1-20140101 / EXP:(DE-MLZ)KWS2-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000380296000022},
doi = {10.1021/acsmacrolett.6b00395},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/824279},
}