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The self consistent field theory of Scheutjens and Fleer has been extended to include three components: two solvents and a block copolymer, to model the adsorption of polymers at the liquid/liquid interface. The results presented include predictions of the adsorption isotherm and volume fraction profiles of the solvents and individual segment types of the copolymer at the interface. The Flory-Huggins X parameters in these calculations have been chosen to best represent the experimental system: poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene oxide) ABA copolymer at the toluene/water interface. The theory clearly predicts the adsorption and partitioning of the block copolymer at the liquid/liquid interface.
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Evers, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wageningen, in press.
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Cosgrove, T., Mallagh, L., Scheutjens, J.M.H.M. (1990). Self Consistent Mean Field Calculations on the Adsorption of Block Copolymers at the Liquid/Liquid Interface. In: Mittal, K.L. (eds) Surfactants in Solution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0839-3_36
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