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Phase separation in dilute solutions of polymers and surfactants
Klementová, Tereza ; Krouská, Jitka (referee) ; Mravec, Filip (advisor)
This bachelor's thesis deals with conditions of phase separation in system of polyelectrolyte (sodium hyaluronate) and cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide). Separated phase was studied by fluorescence measurement with Nile red as a fluorescence probe and there were also specified rheological properties using flow tests and frequency oscillatory tests. Behaviour of separated microgel was also observed in solution of NaCl.
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The Study of Dynamic Behaviour and Interactions During the Temperature-Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions
Kouřilová, Hana
Title: The Study of Dynamic Behaviour and Interactions During the Tempera- ture-Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions Author: Hana Kouřilová Department / Institute: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathemat- ics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: doc. RNDr. Lenka Hanyková, Dr. Abstract: 1 H and 13 C high-resolution NMR spectroscopies were used for the phase separation investigation in three types of polymer solutions: i) poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/D2O/ethanol with or without negatively charged comonomer sodium methacrylate, ii) random copolymers poly(N -isopro- pylmethacrylamide-co-acrylamide) in D2O, D2O/ethanol and D2O/acetone and iii) D2O solutions of polymer mixtures poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/poly(N - vinylcaprolactam). For i) cononsolvency effect and influence of temperature on the phase separation was studied. Differences between mesoglobules formed as a consequence of cononsolvency effect and of temperature were found. While inside the cononsolvency-induced mesoglobules no bound ethanol molecules were detect- ed, in the mesoglobules formed by the effect of temperature ethanol molecules were present. The charge introduced into the polymer chains strenghtens polymer- solvent interactions. For ii) mesoglobules were found to be...
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The Study of Dynamic Behaviour and Interactions During the Temperature-Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions
Kouřilová, Hana ; Hanyková, Lenka (advisor) ; Štěpánková, Helena (referee) ; Dušková - Smrčková, Miroslava (referee)
Title: The Study of Dynamic Behaviour and Interactions During the Tempera- ture-Induced Phase Separation in Polymer Solutions Author: Hana Kouřilová Department / Institute: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathemat- ics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: doc. RNDr. Lenka Hanyková, Dr. Abstract: 1 H and 13 C high-resolution NMR spectroscopies were used for the phase separation investigation in three types of polymer solutions: i) poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/D2O/ethanol with or without negatively charged comonomer sodium methacrylate, ii) random copolymers poly(N -isopro- pylmethacrylamide-co-acrylamide) in D2O, D2O/ethanol and D2O/acetone and iii) D2O solutions of polymer mixtures poly(N -isopropylmethacrylamide)/poly(N - vinylcaprolactam). For i) cononsolvency effect and influence of temperature on the phase separation was studied. Differences between mesoglobules formed as a consequence of cononsolvency effect and of temperature were found. While inside the cononsolvency-induced mesoglobules no bound ethanol molecules were detect- ed, in the mesoglobules formed by the effect of temperature ethanol molecules were present. The charge introduced into the polymer chains strenghtens polymer- solvent interactions. For ii) mesoglobules were found to be...
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Morphology of two-component surface structures
Babjak, Viktor ; Kotrla, Miroslav (advisor) ; Předota, Milan (referee)
In the presented thesis we investigate heteroepitaxial growth of one element (one type of adsorbate A with negative or positive misfit relative to substrate S) and static properties of two-component surface alloy, i.e. ternary system (two types of adsorbate A and B with negative and positive misfit relative to different substrat S). We use Monte Carlo simulations for an off-lattice model in (1+1) dimensions with Lennard-Jones interaction. In case of incoherent heteroepitaxial growth we investigate formation of misfit dislocations, their influence on structure of growing film and impurity-induced formation of dislocations. Two different types of formation of dislocations are found, depending on the sign and magnitude of misfit. Simulations of static properties of two-component surface alloys show that morphology is quite different for phase separation (formation of domains consist of one type of particles in direction along and vertically towards to substrate-adsorbate interface) and intermixing regime. The structures, which emerged, depend on relative misfit, interaction and concentration of individual elements.
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Ostwald ripening – theoretical description and simulation.
Čechal, Tomáš ; Šikola, Tomáš (referee) ; Čechal, Jan (advisor)
Tato práce se zabývá popisem Ostwaldova zrání trojrozměrných ostrůvků deponovaných na rovinných površích. V první kapitole jsou představeny dvě teorie Ostwaldova zrání: LSW teorie založená na aproximaci středního pole a mnohačásticová teorie vycházející z řešení difuzní rovnice v kvazistatické aproximaci. Ve druhé kapitole je popsán algoritmus numerického řešení rovnic získaných z mnohačásticové teorie. Výsledky numerického řešení jsou ve třetí kapitole srovnány s předpověďmi LSW modelu. Bylo zjištěno, že předpovědi standardní LSW teorie popisující systémy s dvourozměrným transportem hmoty jsou v ostrém protikladu jak s výsledky získanými z dokonalejšího mnohačásticového modelu, tak s experimenty popsanými v uvedených pramenech. Mnohačásticový model založený na difuzní rovnici poskytuje výsledky konzistentní s jinými teoriemi i experimentem.
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Image processing in multiphase polymer systems
Holoubek, Jaroslav
Application of image analysis in the real and inverse space (in the Fourier space) are presented for some multiphase polymer systems. The analysis of the thresholded images of back scattered light from thick polymer material gives information about size and concentration of minor phase domains. Similarly, the phase separation and dissolution processes can be characterized by processing of light scattered patterns detected during time evolution.
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