Recent developments in the field of water-soluble polymers aimed at enhancing the
aqueous solution viscosity are reviewed. Classic and novel associating water-soluble …

Water-soluble hydrophobically associating polymers are reviewed with particular emphasis
on their application in improved oil recovery (IOR). These polymers are very similar to …

This work aims to improve the rheological properties of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide
(HPAM) for enhanced oil recovery by using silica (or silicon dioxide, SiO2) nanoparticles …

The interactions between metal ions and water-soluble polymers (WSP) have gained great
interest due to their intrinsic properties as well as their potential applications, such as …

Hydrophobically modifiedwater-soluble polymers have been prepared by radial
copolymerization of acrylamide and ethylphenylacrylamide as the hydrophobic comonomer …

The volume phase transition of colloidal poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid)
microgels depends in a complex way on the effective charge density within the polymer …

Chitosans which are substituted with alkyl chains having a minimum of six carbon atoms
demonstrate hydrophobic interactions in solution. The chemical structure of synthetized …

Polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogels possessing a very large extensibility at break have been
prepared via micellar crosslinking copolymerization of acrylamide monomer and N, N …

The characteristic features of hydrophobically-modified polyacrylamides (HMPAM) prepared
by a micellar polymerization technique are reviewed. This method of synthesis leads to …

Polyacrylamides hydrophobically modified with a small amount of dihexylacrylamide
(HMPAM) have been prepared by means of an aqueous micellar polymerization technique …