Physicochemical Behavior and Supramolecular Organization of Polymers Book

1 Polymer Solution Behavior: Polymer in Pure Solvent and in Mixed Solvent 1

1.1 Introduction: Solution Properties 1

1.2 Polymer Solutions in Good Solvent: Excluded Volume Effect 15

1.3 Theta Condition: Concentration Regimes 17

1.4 Critical Phenomena in Polymer Solution: The Collapse of Macromolecules in Poor Solvents 24

1.5 Polymers in Binary Solvents. Cosolvency Effect: Preferential Adsorption Phenomena 28

1.6 Preferential Adsorption Phenomena: Thermodynamical Description. Association Equilibria Theory 35

References 40

2 Viscoelastic Behaviour of Polymers 43

2.1 Introduction 43

2.2 The Nature of Viscoelasticity 47

2.3 Molecular Theory 49

2.3.1 The Mechanism of Creep Depends on Temperature and Stress 54

2.3.2 Molecular Mechanisms 54

2.3.3 Dynamic Modulus 56

2.4 Viscoelastic Properties of Poly(methacrylate)s 60

2.4.1 Poly(methacrylate)s Containing Aliphatic and Substituted Aliphatic Side Chains 61

2.4.2 Poly(methacrylate)s Containing Saturated Cyclic Side Chains 63

2.4.3 Poly(methacrylate)s Containing Heterocyclic Side Groups 96

2.4.4 Poly(methacrylate)s Containing Aromatic Side Chains 112

2.5 Viscoelastic Properties of Poly(itaconate)s 131

2.5.1 Poly(itaconate)s Containing Aliphatic and Substituted Aliphatic Side Chains 132

2.5.2 Dielectric Relaxational Behavior 138

2.5.3 Dynamic Mechanical Relaxational Behavior 143

2.5.4 Dielectric Relaxational Behavior of Poly(diitaconate)s 146

2.6 Viscoelastic Properties of Poly(thiocarbonate)s 152

References 155

3 Physicochemical Aspects of Polymer at Interfaces 163

3.1 Introduction 163

3.2 Langmuir Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Films 167

3.3 Amphiphilic BlockCopolymer Behavior in Solution and Interfaces 189

3.4 Polymer Adsorption from Solution 199

3.5 Wettability Behavior and Contact Angles 202

References 203

4 Supramolecular Structures: Complex Polymeric Systems - Organization, Design and Formation using Interfaces and Cyclic or Complex Molecules 207

4.1 Introduction 207

4.2 Inclusion Complexes Between Polymers and Cyclic Molecules Surface Activity 212

4.3 Self-Assemblies, Block Copolymers and Dendronized Polymers at the Interfaces: Effect of Molecular Architecture 223

References 232

Index 235