Hydrogen bonding effect on micellization and morphological transformations of the polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) micelles

Diblock copolymer polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) forms micelles in a mixed solvent of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)–water. Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(methyl acrylic acid) (PMAA) were introduced to the solution in order to study the effect of hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) complexation on the micellization process. The H-bonding complexation changes the micellization free energy of PS-b-PEO, and more importantly affects the kinetics of the morphological transformation of the micelles with temperature, which provides helpful insights into the time-dependence of the isothermal relaxation process from non-equilibrium to equilibrium.

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