title: Water-soluble hydrogen-bonding interpolymer complex formation between poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(acrylic acid) grafted with poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid).
abstract: Comb-type copolymers of poly(acrylic acid) grafted with poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) (PAMPSA) side chains form with poly(ethylene glycol), at low pH, water-soluble hydrogen-bonding interpolymer complexes. Turbidimetry, viscometry, and dynamic light scattering measurements suggest that compact, negatively charged, colloidal nanoparticles are formed at pH<3.75. The influence of the structure of the graft copolymers and of the ionic strength of the solution on the size of these nanoparticles was investigated. It was found that their hydrodynamic radius decreases by increasing the molecular mass of the PAMPSA side chains of the graft copolymer and increases with increasing the ionic strength of the solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR-26504 Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ivopoulos
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sotiropoulou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bokias
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staikos