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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 115, Issue 9, Pages 1971-1977Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp1106058
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- National Science Foundation [DMR-0804197]
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- Division Of Materials Research [0804197] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We describe the lower critical solution temperature (LCST)-type phase behavior of poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PnBMA) (M = 13 000 and 48 000) dissolved in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl} amide ionic liquids (ILs). The temperature composition phase diagrams of these PnBMA/IL systems are strongly asymmetric with the critical composition shifted to low concentrations of PnBMA. As the molecular weight increases from 13 000 to 48 000, the critical temperature decreases by 20 degrees C, and the critical composition shifts to a lower concentration. On the basis of the LCST of PnBMA, we designed a thermosensitive poly(n-butyl rnethacrylate)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PnBMA-PEO) diblock copolymer that exhibits a free chain/micelle transition in an IL as the temperature increases above the lower critical micellization temperature (LCMT). Furthermore, using IL blends is solvents, both the LCST of PnBMA and the LCMT of PnBMA PEO can be tuned over a wide range by Mixing two different alkyl methylimidazoliurn ILs without modifying the chemical structure of the polymers.
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