block copolymer in a sentence
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- Polymeric micelles are drug carriers formed by the aggregation of some amphiphilic molecule with an amphiphilic block copolymer.
- Lodge's recent work has focused on the self-assembly of block copolymers in ionic liquids.
- For example, Nylon-rubber bands are polymerized with functionalized rubber to produce graft or block copolymers.
- The addition of an amphiphilic block copolymer effectively lowers this critical micelle concentration by shifting the monomer exchange equilibrium.
- Preparation of block copolymers by iodine-transfer polymerization was also described by Tatemoto and coworkers in the 1970s.
- Styrene-butadiene block copolymer ( SBC ) is a thermoplastic resin that is transparent and impact-resistant.
- Micelles of the gradient copolymer can form when the gradient copolymer concentration is too high in a block copolymer solution.
- Eventually, Tirrell's work on block copolymers led him to starting research in the field of peptide amphiphiles.
- The advantage of this method is that polymers and block copolymers of well-defined molecular weight can be easily prepared.
- It has been used as the hydrophobic block of amphiphilic synthetic block copolymers used to form the vesicle membrane of polymersomes.