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Volume-Phase Transitions In Responsive Photo-Cross-Linked Polymer Network Films, Leena Patra
Volume-Phase Transitions In Responsive Photo-Cross-Linked Polymer Network Films, Leena Patra
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The overall thrust of this project is to gain an insight into a class of surface-tethered cross-linked thin films of poly(N-alkylacrylamides) that display a lower critical solution temperature (LCST).The structure of the alkyl group and the modification of the amide groups determine the LCST and resultant volume-phase transition behavior. The aim of this study involves synthesis and characterization of thin films and to correlate the volume-transition behavior to the structure of the alkyl group. For better understanding the volume-transition behavior, the polymer films are perturbed by the Hofmeister salt series to examine trends between different alkyl groups. While most of …