Probing the micro-phase separation of thermo-responsive amphiphilic polymer in water/ethanol solution

Abstract

The temperature-induced coil-globule transition (micro-phase separation) in water/ethanol solutions of poly(vinyl methyl ether) was studied using NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, optical microscopy and dynamic light scattering.

Keywords

• temperature-induced phase separation
• water/ethanol solution