TY - JOUR
AU1 - Nam, Kie Hyun
AU2 - Cho, Jae Cheol
AU3 - Jo, Won Ho
AB - The effect of styrene–isoprene diblock copolymers on the interfacial tension between polystyrene (PS) and polyisoprene (PI) has been investigated by direct measurement of the interfacial tension using a pendant drop interfacial tension apparatus. The interfacial tension is nearly independent of the temperature when the diblock copolymers are added, although the interfacial tension of PS/PI without copolymers decreases with increasing the temperature. A decrease in interfacial tension is observed with the addition of a small amount of copolymer, followed by a leveling off when the copolymer concentration exceeds a critical micelle concentration. The critical micelle concentration increases with temperature. The effect of the molecular weight of block copolymers on the interfacial tension is not significant.
TI - Temperature and Molecular Weight Effect of Styrene–Isoprene Diblock Copolymers on the Interfacial Tension between Polystyrene and Polyisoprene
JF - Polymer Journal
DO - 10.1295/polymj.27.904
DA - 2005-04-03
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/temperature-and-molecular-weight-effect-of-styrene-isoprene-diblock-gTo9SvBxCQ
SP - 904
EP - 910
VL - 27
IS - 9
DP - DeepDyve
ER -