Equation-of-state model for temperature-responsive polymers with tunable response onset

E. Manias, Alexei M. Kisselev

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Abstract

The phase behavior of aqueous solutions of temperature-responsive (ethylene oxide)/ethylene copolymers with tunable lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) is explored using an equation of state approach. The LCST in water of these polymers is tailored by their chemical composition, specifically by the balance of hydrophilic to hydrophobic groups in the polymer. The general formalism of the lattice-fluid with hydrogen-bonding theory, adjusted here to account for multiple types of hydrogen bonds, is employed, and the theoretical predictions are compared with experimental systems. The developed theoretical model is shown to be effective in describing the phase behavior of these systems, and the model parameters seem to be transferable between different homologous copolymer series.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComputational Methods in Science and Engineering - Theory and Computation
Subtitle of host publicationOld Problems and New Challenges, Lectures Presented at the Int. Conf. Computational Methods in Sci. Eng. 2007 ICCMSE 2007
Pages636-651
Number of pages16
Edition1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, ICCMSE 2007 - Corfu, Greece
Duration: Sep 25 2007Sep 30 2007

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Number1
Volume963
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

Other5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, ICCMSE 2007
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityCorfu
Period9/25/079/30/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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