• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1194-1198
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• 1998

The density and the viscosity of aqueous PEO solutions are observed with the several concentrations of PEO at 20 ℃. The effects of urea on them are also observed. The apparent and the partial specific volumes of PEO are calculated from the density data, which result that the polymer-polymer interaction is dominating in the binary aqueous PEO solutions, while the polymer-solvent interaction is dominating in the ternary aqueous urea-PEO solutions. It is explained by the urea induced breakage of the structured water originated from the hydrophobic interactions and the binding of the urea to the PEO chain. The concentration dependence of relative viscosity and the density dependence of fluidity is also discussed with the concept of the polymersolvent and the polymer-polymer interactions of aqueous urea-PEO solutions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.748-751
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• 1994

Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in aqueous solutions has a hydrophobic character which can induce the hydrophobic interaction between its nonpolar parts. The hydrophobic properties of aqueous PEO solutions are studied by the viscometry in terms of the water structure-making and -breaking capabilities of added solutes of ureas. The results show that the contracted conformation of PEO of low molecular weight, namely poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), does not result from the hydrophobic interaction between the nonpolar parts of PEO but it can participate in a hydrophobic interaction between the nonpolar parts of PEO and added ureas solutes with nonpolar groups, which can induce a large hydrodynamic volume and increase the viscosity. On the other hand, the PEO of large molecular weight seems to behave like any other water soluble polymers with nonpolar parts and its conformation in aqueous solutions is well explained in terms of water structure perturbing capabilities of added ureas.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.193-203
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• 1999

In order to investigate systematically the steady shear flow properties of aqueous po1y(ethylene oxide) (PEO) solutions having various molecular weights and concentrations, the steady flow viscosity has been measured with a Rheometrics Fluids Spectrometer (RFS II) over a wide range of shear rates. The effects of shear rate, concentration, and molecular weight on the steady shear flow properties were reported in detail from the experimentally measured data, and then the results were interpreted using the concept of a material characteristic time. In addition, some flow models describing the non-Newtonian behavior (shear-thinning characteristics) of polymeric liquids were employed to make a quantitative evaluation of the steady flow behavior, and the applicability of these models was examined by calculating the various material parameters. Main results obtained from this study can be summarized as follows: (1) At low shear rates, aqueous PEO solutions show a Newtonian viscous behavior which is independent of shear rate. At shear rate region higher than a critical shear rate, however, they exhibit a shear-thinning behavior, demonstrating a decrease in steady flow viscosity with increasing shear rate. (2) As an increase in concentration and/or molecular weight, the zero-shear viscosity is increased while the Newtonian viscous region becomes narrower. Moreover, the critical shear rate at which the transition from the Newtonian to shear-thinning behavior occurs is decreased, and the shear-thinning nature becomes more remarkable. (3) Aqueous PEO solutions show a Newtonian viscous behavior at shear rate range lower than the inverse value of a characteristic time $1/{\lambda}_E$, while they exhibit a shear-thinning behavior at shear rate range higher than $1/{\lambda}_E$. For aqueous PEO solutions having a broad molecular weight distribution, the inverse value of a characteristic time is not quantitatively equivalent to the critical shear rate, but the power-law relationship holds between the two quantities. (4) The Cross, Carreau, and Carreau-Yasuda models are all applicable to describe the steady flow behavior of aqueous PEO solutions. Among these models, the Carreau-Yasuda model has the best validity.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.325-331
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• 2002

Phase behavior of a PEO-PPO-PEO (Pluronic P103) triblock copolymer in water is investigated using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic light scattering (DLS) and rheology. Pluronic P103 shows apparent two gel states in different temperature regions. The first sol-to-gel transition at a lower temperature (i.e., the hard gel I state) turns out to be the hexagonal microphase as evidenced by the combined SANS and SAXS and the frequency dependence of both G′ and G" in rheology. In contrast to the hard gel I, the second sol-to-gel transition (i. e., the hard gel II state) at a higher temperature represents the block copolymer micelles in somewhat disordered state rather than the ordered state seen in the hard gel I. Moreover, turbidity change depending only on the temperature with four distinct regions is observed and the large aggregates with size larger than 5,000 nm are detected with DLS in the turbid solution region. Based upon the present study, two different gelation mechanisms for aqueous PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymer solutions are proposed.

• 한국유변학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국유변학회 2001년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.19-20
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• 2001

• 대한화학회지
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.748-755
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• 1996

물과 요소 수용액에서 Poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)의 구조 성질에 대한 온도의 효과를 보고한다. 물과 요소/물 혼합물 (요소 농도는 각각 0.2, 1, 2 M)에서 PEO에 대한 고유점도와 Huggins 계수의 값은 점도측정 방법에 의해 얻어졌으며, 이것을 물 구조 변화 관점에서 논의했다. 낮은 온도(22.deg.C이하)에서 PEO-물간 상호작용은 우세해 사슬은 펼쳐져있는 반면, 높은 온도(24.ang.C 이상)에서는 상호작용이 우세하지 못하고 사슬은 소수성 수화에 의해 어켜있게 된다. 즉, 온도가 상승함에 따라 PEO-물 상호작용은 우세하지 못하게 된다. 요소가 계에 가해짐에 따라 PEO사슬은, 우세하지 못한 PEO-물 상호작용으로부터 유발된 구조화된 물의 동요에 의해, 더 펼쳐지거나 거대해지게 된다. 고유점도 값에 대한 온도의 효과는 Arrhenius 행동을 나타낸다. 따라서 점성 흐름에 대한 활성화 에너지를 구해 논의하였다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 및 Fine pattern PCB 표면 처리 기술 워크샵
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• pp.158-159
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• 2011

In this work, The electrochemical behavior of CF/Al composite was investigated at constant current densities in aqueous solutions. The surface and cross section of PEO-treated CF/Al were observed using SEM, EDS and OM. The CF/Al composite contains carbon fibers of about 40 Vol.% with 5~7 um diameter and 100~150 um length. The carbon fibers appeared to b removed by anodic oxidation in sulfuric acid solution, leaving a carbon-fiber free zone in the surface region. Anodic oxide films were formed in the carbon-free region by plasma electrolytic oxidation(PEO) method in alkaline solutions.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.359-364
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• 2002

A series of PLA-PEO-PLA triblock stereo-copolymers with varying PLA/PEO and L-DL-LA ratios were synthesized via ring opening pelymerizations. Aqueous solutions of these copolymers undergo thermo-responsive phase transitions as the temperature monotonically increases. Further study shows that there is a critical gel concentration (CGC), and also lower and upper critical gel temperatures (CGTs), at which the thermo-responsive phase transition occurs. The CGC and CGTs are affected by various factors such as block length, as well as the compositions of the PLA blocks and of the additives. In particular, the changes in the phase diagram produced by varying the L-/DL-LA ratio in the PLA blocks were determined to be mainly due to consequent stereo-regularity changes in the PLA blocks.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.666-671
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• 1995

수용액에서 폴리에틸렌 옥사이드(PEO)의 구조성질이 일련의 요소용질들의 물 구조 간섭 정도관점에서, 16$^{\circ}C$에서 점도계법으로 연구되어졌으며, 또한 16$^{\circ}C$와 25$^{\circ}C$의 두 온도에서 PEO에 대한 요소와 메틸요소의 양변화가 마찬가지로 행해졌다. 결과는 16$^{\circ}C$에서 분자량이 $1.0{\times}10^5$인 PEO의 요소들에 의한 사슬 펴짐은 25$^{\circ}C$에서 분자량이 $8.0{\times}10^3$인 PEO의 경우와 비슷한데, 이것을 요소들의 물 구조 간섭 정도가 두 경우에 비슷하기 때문이라 설명했다. 요소는 PEO사슬을 펴지게 한다. 분자량이 $1.0{\times}10^5$인 PEO는 그 자체내에 소수성 부분을 가지는데, 이것은 다음과 같이 대략 두 부분으로 분류할 수 있다. 하나는 16$^{\circ}C$에서 많이 나타나며, 분자내 소수성 상호인력을 할 수 있는 내부 소수성기와, 다른 하나는 25$^{\circ}C$에서 많이 나타나며, 외부에서 가해진 소수성 용질들과 분자간 소수성 상호인력을 할 수 있는 바깥쪽으로 노출된 소수성기이다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.101-105
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• 1986

The changes of water absorption and surface area of polydimethylsiloxane-5-fluorouracil devices containing different water soluble additives such as sodium chloride, glycerine, poly-propylene glycol(PPG 400), and polyethylene oxide(PEO 400, 400 and 2000) were investigated. It was confirmed that carriers controlled water absorption and swelling of the devices in the aqueous solutions. The water absorption and the swelling were affected by the osmotic pressure and ionic strength of the aqueous solutions.