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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
High-pressure phase behavior of aqueous pNIPAm solutions
Author : Bastian Ebeling
Published in: Smart Nanohybrids of RAFT Polymers and Inorganic Particles
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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This chapter is dedicated to the study of the special responsive behavior of aqueous solutions of the pNIPAm samples prepared in the preceding chapter upon exertion of high pressures. After a detailed literature study on the current state of research regarding the high-pressure experiments and the outline of the experimental set-up, the effect of different parameters on the phase-behavior is examined systematically. Especially the addition of ethanol as a cononsolvent provides new insight into this kind of system. By the later combination with nanoparticles, the polymer’s special responsive features can be passed on to the resulting smart nanohybrids.