ABSTRACT Adsorption of 1-decanesulfonic acid at the electrode-NaClO4 solution interface was determined by double-layer differential capacity measurements. At potentials less than -1,200 mV, the adsorption of the anionic surfactant on the electrode does not occur. Low concentrations of the anionic surfactant (below cmc) causes slight changes in the zero charge potential, Ez, and the surface tens...

The feasibility of preparation of novel controlled release systems for the delivery of fragrances was investigated. The thermodynamic interactions of model substances which are typical constituents of fragrances with various copolymers were analyzed in the presence of a surrounding fluid. Conditions of favorable release were established by estimating the fragrance partition coefficient. Infinit...

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We propose a new theoretical scheme for the binary phase diagrams of crystal-liquid crystal mixtures by a combination of a phase field model of solidification, the Flory-Huggins theory for liquid-liquid mixing and Maier-Saupe-McMillan (FH-MSM) model for nematic and smectic liquid crystal orderings. The phase field theory describes the crystal phase transition of anisotropic organic crystal and/...

A new method for calculating average molecular weights is presented for nonlinear polymers. In contrast to the previous methods of Flory and Stockmayer which first calculate the distribution of all species and then use the distributions to calculate average properties, the new method calculates these properties directly. In contrast to the method of Gordon, probability generating functions are ...

2014 Starting with the Flory theory for one long flexible polymer chain of N segments in a homopolymer melt of shorter (P segments) chains, we employ scaling arguments to construct the « phase diagram » of an athermal bimodal solution, i.e. a ternary system composed of N chains, P chains, and solvent. Qualitatively the presence of short chains reduces the effective solvent quality as experience...

We derive an expression for the free energy of the blends of block copolymers expressed as a functional of the density distribution of the monomer of each block. The expression is a generalization of the Flory-Huggins-de Gennes theory for homo polymer blends, and also a generalization of the Ohta-Kawasaki theory for the melts of diblock copolymers. The expression can be used for any blends of h...

The electrosorption behaviour of non-ionic surfactant: N-decanoyl-N-methylglucamine on mercury electrode in 1 mol dm−3 NaClO4 solution was determined. The values of the relative surface excess were determined on the basis of double layer differential capacity. A set of parameters of maximal adsorption and the constants of Frumkin, modified Flory-Huggins and virial adsorption isotherms were obta...

2014 We consider a linear polymer melt where the chains are made by condensation of bifunctional monomers. In the very large distribution of molecular weights that is obtained one may distinguish typical and very large chains with different behaviours. Screening is effective in the former, which act as a (good) solvent for the latter. The cross-over molecular weight N * between the two classes ...

In this study, thermodynamic properties, namely retention volume, infinitely dilute weight fraction activity coefficient, Flory–Huggins interaction parameter, solubility parameter of the polymer, partition coefficient and diffusion coefficients of the various solvents in poly(methyl methacrylate co butyl methacrylate) (PMMA co BMA) at infinite dilution of the solvent have been determined by inv...