02166nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245011300055210006900168260009900237300001600336490000700352520124300359653002501602653002301627653001501650100001701665700002301682700002501705700002801730700001501758700001901773856013201792       2005                        eng d  a0032-386100aSynthesis and swelling behaviour of hydrophobically modified responsive polymers in dilute aqueous solutions0 aSynthesis and swelling behaviour of hydrophobically modified res  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLANDbELSEVIER SCI LTDcDEC  a12190-121990 v463 a<p>New series of associating polymers were synthesised in order to investigate opposite behaviours of hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymers and thermoresponsive water-soluble polymers carrying LCST stickers. On the basis of a poly(acrylic acid) backbone, amino-terminated poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), poly(ethylene oxide-co-propylene oxide) and/or dodecyl chains were grafted following a reaction of condensation activated by carbodiimide. Two homologous series of well-defined single grafted and double grafted copolymers were obtained, with double grafted chains containing both C12 and LCST grafts. The dilute solution properties of these copolymers were carefully studied by capillary viscometry. At low salt concentration and below the LCST of the grafts, the swelling properties of macromolecular chains are controlled either by intramolecular associations between hydrophobes, excluded volume effect exerted by hydrophilic grafts or by a balance between these opposite interactions. The deswelling of macromolecular chains, induced by hydrophobic interactions, is amplified at higher ionic strength and more particularly above the transition temperature of the side chains. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>10aassociating polymers10apoly(acrylic acid)10aviscometry1 aIyer, N., P.1 aHourdet, Dominique1 aBadiger, Manohar, V.1 aChassenieux, Christophe1 aPerrin, P.1 aWadgaonkar, P.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/synthesis-and-swelling-behaviour-hydrophobically-modified-responsive-polymers-dilute-aqueous