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Influence of the alkyl-chain size on the amphiphilic behaviour of poly(3-alkyl-1-vinylimidazolium) bromide in aqueous medium

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Several 3-alkyl-1-vinylimidazolium bromides differing by the length of the alkyl chain were prepared and polymerized using a free radical route. The behaviour of the obtained homopolymers in aqueous medium was investigated by several physico-chemical methods including viscosimetry, surface tension measurements and fluorescence spectroscopy. These experiments highlighted a strong influence of the length of the pendent alkyl chain on the side-chain aggregation tendency which is a property of such amphiphilic comb polymers. Fluorescence experiments were also conducted on the surface active analogues, in order to compare their behaviour to that of the polymers.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique Macromoléculaire, UMR CNRS-INPL 7568, Groupe ENSIC, 1, rue Grandville, BP 451, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France Fax: 33 (0)3.83.37.99.77, e-mail: Arnaud.Fischer@ensic.inpl-nancy.fr, , , , , , FR

    C. Leddet, A. Fischer & P. Lochon

  2. Laboratoire d'Etude des Systèmes Organiques et Colloïdaux, UMR CNRS-UHP Nancy I 7565, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex, France, , , , , , FR

    A. Brembilla

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Received: 28 June 2000/Revised version: 28 November 2000/Accepted: 20 December 2000

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Leddet, C., Fischer, A., Brembilla, A. et al. Influence of the alkyl-chain size on the amphiphilic behaviour of poly(3-alkyl-1-vinylimidazolium) bromide in aqueous medium. Polymer Bulletin 46, 75–82 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890170091

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