Abstract
The effect of length scale of triblock oil-soluble polymer (poly (ε-caprolactone)–poly butadiene-poly (ε-caprolactone)) (PCL-PB-PCL) on the properties of a water-in-oil (W/O) droplet microemulsion (R ~ 5.5 nm) has been studied as a function of the amount of added telechelic polymer. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements show that the size of the droplets is not affected by the polymer addition but it induces attractive interactions at low concentration and repulsive ones at high polymer content. Measurements of the diffusion coefficient by dynamic light scattering (DLS) show different relaxations in mixed systems. The fast diffusion coefficient increases with increase in polymer concentration. At higher polymer content, the network formation leads to an additional slow relaxation mode in DLS that can be related to the formation of clusters of microemulsion droplets interconnected by the polymer. The collective diffusion of slow relaxations decreases with increase of polymer concentrations.
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