It is well-known that surfactants are molecules able to modify the surface properties of the
liquid in which they are introduced (usually water). The simultaneous presence of both …

Fluoropolymers constitute an attractive family of polymer materials with remarkable
properties such as high resistance to chemicals, UV and heat, ferroelectricity and …

Branched amphiphilic copolymers with peculiar structural and physicochemical
characteristics may find promising application in generating fouling-resistant membrane …

We present new polymeric amphiphiles derived from N-acryloyl derivatives of the cyclic
secondary amines: morpholine, piperidine, and azocane polymerized by reversible …

We reported previously (Macromolecules 2003, 36, 5321; Langmuir, 2004, 20, 7412) that
amphiphilic diblock copolymers having polyelectrolytes as a hydrophilic segment show …

The use of fluorinated contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilitates
improved image quality due to the negligible amount of endogenous fluorine atoms in the …

Recent developments in synthetic pathways as simple reversible-deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) techniques and quantitative post-polymerization reactions, most …

The surface activity and the rheological properties of aqueous solutions of the amphiphilic
block copolymer poly (n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly (acrylic acid)(P n BA-b-PAA) were studied …

Cationic fluorinated polyacrylate emulsifier-free emulsion was synthesized by ab initio RAFT
emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization using fluorine-containing amphiphilic block …

Tadpole-shaped (or rod− coil) block− graft copolymers, consisting of a pentafluorostyrene
polymer (PFS) block and a glycidyl methyacrylate polymer (PGMA) block with grafted poly …