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EPSRC Reference:	GR/L22621/02
Title:	SYNTHESIS, BULK STATE STRUCTURES AND MODELLING OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH CONTROLLED ARCHITECTURE
Principal Investigator:	Ryan, Professor AJ
Other Investigators:	Booth, Dr C
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Department:	Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Sheffield
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 1997	Ends:	30 September 2000	Value (£):	103,711
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Linear and cyclic diblock and linear triblock copolymers will be prepared covering two chemical systems: a) from ethylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide; b) from ethylene oxide and styrene oxide. At low temperatures the E-blocks are crystalline, the S-blocks are glassy, and the B-blocks are liquid (rubbery). At high temperatures all blocks are liquid. This combination of different chain architectures and physically divergent microphases is expected to yield new and interesting effects. These will be detected by a wide variety of experimental probes, including simultaneous WAXS/SAXS/DSC, SANS, Raman and IR spectroscopy, rheometry and microscopy. The observed effects will be modelled phenomenologically and theoretically.
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