small angle neutron scattering study of nanostructural transitions in an amphiphilic block copolymer-based reverse micellar solution

초록

In the present study, we prepare D2O induced the reverse micellar structure of amphiphilic block copolymers in hydrophobic media. To explore the effect of D2O on the phase morphology of block copolymer micelles, small angle neutron scattering (SANS) technique is employed at various D2O / block copolymer molar ratios. Since the specific interaction between monomers and templating block copolymers is almost absent and, therefore, the morphology of the crosslinked polymeric resins is the same as that of block copolymer micelles in solution, the structural investigation on the micellar morphology in solution clearly provides the information on the morphology of the final cured polymeric resins.