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Conformational behavior of branched polymers
Wang, Xiu ; Limpouchová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Cifra, Peter (referee) ; Kolafa, Jiří (referee)
This PhD thesis is devoted to the study of the conformational behavior of branched polymers in confined volumes. This behavior depends not only on polymer architecture and composition but also on steric confinement and on interaction of polymer segments with the confining wall. Better understanding of complex entropy-to-enthalpy interplay can elucidate the mechanism of the chromatographic separation at the microscopic level. An unambiguous size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) analysis of mixtures containing different polymer architectures is difficult because the sizes of polymer coils, which determine the separation, depend not only on molar mass but also on the polymer architecture. Modern chromatographic methods combine the SEC with the interaction chromatography (IC). They exploit the fact that polymer interactions with pore walls, which are the prerequisite for efficient IC separation, depend strongly on polymer architecture. The knowledge of the conformational behavior of linear and branched polymers in confined volumes and of their interactions with confining medium enables to find optimum conditions either for enhancing or for suppressing the role of individual factors that influence the separation. We have shown that the complex entropy-to-enthalpy interplay in polymer solutions in confined...

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