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  • Title: Interaction of urea with pluronic block copolymers by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
    Author: Ma JH, Guo C, Tang YL, Chen L, Bahadur P, Liu HZ.
    Journal: J Phys Chem B; 2007 May 17; 111(19):5155-61. PubMed ID: 17439172.
    Abstract:
    Solution 1H NMR techniques were used to characterize the interaction of urea with poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock copolymers. The urea was established to interact selectively with the PEO blocks of the block copolymer, and the interaction sites were found not to change with increasing temperature. Such interactions influence the self-assembly properties of the block copolymer in solution by increasing the hydration of the block copolymers and stabilizing the gauche conformation of the PPO chain. Therefore, urea increases the critical micellization temperature (CMT) values of PEO-PPO-PEO copolymers, and the effect of urea on the CMT is more pronounced for copolymers with higher PEO contents and lower for those with increased contents of PPO segments.
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