Depleted depletion drives polymer swelling in poor solvent mixtures

Whilst polymer collapse in a single poor solvent is well understood, polymer swelling in mixtures of two repulsive solvents is surprising. Here, the authors unveil the microscopic origin of collapse-swelling-collapse behaviour, showing how it emerges at constant pressure when a balance of depletion...

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Main Authors: Debashish Mukherji, Carlos M. Marques, Torsten Stuehn, Kurt Kremer
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d05d6e73d87446ffa9354d91690e206f
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