Structure of Aqueous Gels Formed by Triblock and Diblock Copolymers with Oxyethylene and Oxyphenylethylene Blocks

Valeria Castelletto Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

Ian W. Hamley Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

Michael Crothers School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

David Attwood School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Zhuo Yang Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Colin Booth Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Abstract

The structures of aqueous gels formed by a number of triblock and diblock copolymers with oxyethylene and oxyphenylethylene blocks have been investigated by small-angle x‐ray scattering (SAXS), including shear‐oriented samples. Body‐centered and face‐centered cubic structures have been identified. The gel structures are compared with those reported in the literature for similar block copolymers. The micellar radius in the gel is compared with that in dilute solution obtained from previous light scattering experiments.

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This work was supported by EPSRC UK (grants GR/M51994, GR/N22052 and GR/N63727) and by GlaxoSmithKline (MC). We thank Günter Grossmann for his assistance during SAXS experiments at Daresbury.

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