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Self-assemblies based on hydrophilic polymers in aqueous media
Fanova, Anastasiia ; Štěpánek, Miroslav (advisor) ; Pánek, Jiří (referee) ; Angelov, Borislav (referee)
This doctoral thesis is devoted to investigation of self-assemblies based on hydrophilic polymers (both homopolymers and block copolymers) in aqueous media. Specifically, we focused on two classes of systems: (i) hydrophilic polymers whose self-assembly in aqueous solutions is driven by association of terminal hydrophobic groups and (ii) double hydrophilic block polyelectrolytes whose self-assembly occurs via electrostatic complexation of polyelectrolyte blocks. For characterization of formed assemblies, we mostly used different scattering techniques (light scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering) in a combination with a number of supplementary methods including microscopy, fluorometry and calorimetry. Keywords: hydrophilic polymers, block copolymers, association, self-assembly, micelles, scattering
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