Molecular Exchange Kinetics in Complex Coacervate Core Micelles: Role of Associative Interaction
- Authors
- Heo, Tae-Young; Kim, Sojeong; Chen, Liwen; Sokolova, A.; Lee, Sangwoo; Choi, Soo-Hyung
- Issue Date
- Sep-2021
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Citation
- ACS Macro Letters, v.10, no.9, pp.1138 - 1144
- Journal Title
- ACS Macro Letters
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1138
- End Page
- 1144
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/16235
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00482
- ISSN
- 2161-1653
- Abstract
- Molecular exchange dynamics between spherical complex coacervate core micelles (C3Ms) are documented using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering measurements (TR-SANS), and the effects of salt concentration, type of charges, and core block polydispersity to the chain exchange are quantified. Isotopically labeled block copolyelectrolytes were prepared by postpolymerization modification of two nearly identical poly(ethylene oxide-b-allyl glycidyl ether), one with normal and the other with deuterated PEO blocks (i.e., hPEO-PAGE and dPEO-PAGE). The observed rates at multiple salt concentrations are consolidated using time-salt superposition shift factors representing chain exchange rates and analyzed. Our comprehensive analytical relaxation function based on the sticky-Rouse model and the thermodynamic barrier for core block extraction successfully describes the molecular exchange kinetics between the isotopically labeled C3Ms. We believe this work provides fundamental design criteria for C3Ms with engineered chain exchange dynamics. © 2021 American Chemical Society.
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