<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kadam, Vijay S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Badiger, Manohar V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wadgaonkar, Prakash P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ducouret, Guylaine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hourdet, Dominique</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis and self-assembling properties of alpha,omega-hydroxy-poly(ethylene oxide) end-capped with 1-isocyanato-3-pentadecylcyclohexane</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polymer</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Associating polymer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hydrophobically end-capped</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">poly(ethylene oxide)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Star micelles</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OCT</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCI LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4635-4646</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A novel hydrophobic compound, 1-isocyanato-3-pentadecylcyclohexane (PDC) issued from a renewable resource material (Cashew Nut Shell Liquid), is used to end-cap poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) of different molecular weights. The synthesis, characterization and self-assembling properties of these new associating polymers are reported. In aqueous solution, PDC modified PEOs self-associate into micellar structures which are characterized by neutron scattering. Using a star-polymer model with sticky hard sphere interactions, it is shown that the characteristics of the micelles mainly depend on the size of the PEO chain. In the case of PDC stickers, the aggregation number decreases from 25 to 17 with increasing molecular weight of PEO, from 10 to 20 kg/mol, respectively. The temperature directly impacts the interaction potential between the hydrophilic coronas of PEO which become less repulsive with increasing temperature. Rheological measurements, performed in dilute solution, clearly demonstrate that PEO micelles self-associate into open supramolecular structures. The correlation length of these loose clusters increases with polymer concentration and the hierarchical self-assembly follows the rules of the percolation theory. The sol/gel transition takes place at the overlap concentration of clusters. In semi-dilute solution, the viscoelastic properties of PDC end-capped PEOs are well described by the Maxwell model with a single relaxation mode. The characteristic time of the network follows an Arrhenius temperature dependence with an activation energy of 70 kJ/mol, in very good agreement with the size of PDC stickers. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.585</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, Nivika R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Torris, Arun A. T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wadgaonkar, Prakash P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajamohanan, P. R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ducouret, Guylaine</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hourdet, Dominique</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Creton, Costantino</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Badiger, Manohar V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Synthesis and characterization of PEPO grafted carboxymethyl guar and carboxymethyl tamarind as new thermo-associating polymers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbohydrate Polymers</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carboxymethyl guar</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carboxymethyl tamarind</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pluronics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rheology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solution behavior</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermo-associating polymers</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCI LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">117</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">331-338</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;New thermo associating polymers were designed and synthesized by grafting amino terminated poly(ethylene oxide-co-propylene oxide) (PEPO) onto carboxymethyl guar (CMG) and carboxymethyl tamarind (CMT). The grafting was performed by coupling reaction between-NH2 groups of PEPO and -COOH groups of CMG and CMT using water-soluble EDC/NHS as coupling agents. The grafting efficiency and the temperature of thermo-association, T-assoc in the copolymer were studied by NMR spectroscopy. The graft copolymers, CMG-g-PEPO and CMT-g-PEPO exhibited interesting thermo-associating behavior which was evidenced by the detailed rheological and fluorescence measurements. The visco-elastic properties (storage modulus, G'; loss modulus, G'') of the copolymer solutions were investigated using oscillatory shear experiments. The influence of salt and surfactant on the T-assoc was also studied by rheology, where the phenomenon of ``Salting out'' and ``Salting in'' was observed for salt and surfactant, respectively, which can give an easy access to tunable properties of these copolymers. These thermo-associating polymers with biodegradable nature of CMG and CMT can have potential applications as smart injectables in controlled release technology and as thickeners in cosmetics and pharmaceutical formulations. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4.219</style></custom4></record></records></xml>