Investigating buried polymer interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

Z Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent progress in the studies of buried polymer interfaces using sum
frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. Both buried solid/liquid and solid/solid …

Adsorption of poly (ethylene oxide)-containing amphiphilic polymers on solid-liquid interfaces: Fundamentals and applications

AM Bodratti, B Sarkar, P Alexandridis - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2017 - Elsevier
The adsorption of amphiphilic molecules of varying size on solid-liquid interfaces modulates
the properties of colloidal systems. Nonionic, poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO)-based amphiphilic …

Self-associative behavior and drug-solubilizing ability of poloxamine (tetronic) block copolymers

J Gonzalez-Lopez, C Alvarez-Lorenzo, P Taboada… - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
The incidence of the structural features on the self-assembly of different poloxamines (the
conventional sequential Tetronic 304, 901, 904, 908, 1107, 1301, and 1307; a reverse …

Syringeable Pluronic–α-cyclodextrin supramolecular gels for sustained delivery of vancomycin

SMN Simões, F Veiga, JJ Torres-Labandeira… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The ability of Pluronic® F127 to form supramolecular gels in the presence of αCD has been
explored as a way to design syringeable gel formulations able to sustain drug release while …

Synthesis and controlled growth of osmium nanoparticles by electron irradiation

A Pitto-Barry, LMA Perdigao, M Walker… - Dalton …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We have synthesised osmium nanoparticles of defined size (1.5–50 nm) on a B-and S-
doped turbostratic graphitic structure by electron-beam irradiation of an organometallic …

Hydrophobic effect on the partitioning of [Fe (CN) 5 (NO)] 2− and [Fe (CN) 6] 3− anions in aqueous two-phase systems formed by triblock copolymers and phosphate …

LHM da Silva, MCH da Silva, JA Júnior… - Separation and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The partitioning behavior of the [Fe (CN) 5 (NO)] 2− and [Fe (CN) 6] 3− anions were studied
in aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) formed by potassium phosphate and …

Role of PPO–PEO–PPO triblock copolymers in phase transitions of a PEO–PPO–PEO triblock copolymer in aqueous solution

S Liu, H Bao, L Li - European Polymer Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
The effects of two poly (propylene oxide)–poly (ethylene oxide)–poly (propylene oxide)(PPO–
PEO–PPO) triblock copolymers, Pluronics-R 10R5 (PPO 8–PEO 22–PPO 8) and 25R4 (PPO …

Hydrosoluble cyclodextrin/poloxamer polypseudorotaxanes at the air/water interface, in bulk solution, and in the gel state

L Nogueiras-Nieto, C Alvarez-Lorenzo… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The interactions between poloxamer 407 (Pluronic F127, PF127) and two hydrophilic
derivatives of β-cyclodextrin, ie, hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD; molar substitution …

Fabrication of crystals from single metal atoms

NPE Barry, A Pitto-Barry, AM Sanchez, AP Dove… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Metal nanocrystals offer new concepts for the design of nanodevices with a range of
potential applications. Currently the formation of metal nanocrystals cannot be controlled at …

Exploring Langmuir-Blodgett technique to investigate effect of various subphase conditions on monolayers formed by amphiphilic block co-polymers tetronic 701 and …

D Roy, B Naskar, T Bala - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tetronics are X-shaped octa block amphiphilic copolymer having multi-stimuli sensitive
chemical and physical properties due to the presence of central ethylenediamine …