Size Exclusion Chromatography of Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Homopolymers and Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Copolymers
| dc.contributor.author | Barnes, Suzanne R. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Riffle, Judy S. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | McGrath, James E. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Davis, Richey M. | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Macromolecular Science and Engineering | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-19T09:00:12Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-19T09:00:12Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-01-18 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Size exclusion chromatography is the method of choice for characterizing molecular weights and molecular weight distributions of polymers. An important advancement in SEC is multidetection SEC which includes multi-angle laser light scattering, viscometry, refractive index and UV spectroscopy to analyze block and graft copolymers as well as polymers with oligomeric molecular weights. Oligomeric molecular weights present special challenges since the light scattering and viscosity detectors are more sensitive to higher molecular weights and both detectors have low molecular weight threshold values. The molecular weights and distributions of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) oligomers and block copolymers as well as poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) were investigated by SEC using multiple detectors. Both a universal calibration method and light scattering were used to determine molecular weights and molecular weight distributions. The solvent was N-methylpyrrolidone that contained 0.05M LiBr used to minimize interactions among the polymers and solvent. SEC was used to establish that the diblock copolymers had heterogeneous compositional distributions. The low molecular weights of the diblock and homopolymer made it necessary to use the universal calibration method with combined refractive index and viscometry detectors to determine absolute molecular weights. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:1981 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24907 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Size Exclusion Chromatography | en |
| dc.subject | multi-angle laser light scattering detector | en |
| dc.subject | refractive index detector | en |
| dc.subject | dn/dc | en |
| dc.subject | viscosity detector | en |
| dc.subject | universal calibration | en |
| dc.subject | poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) | en |
| dc.subject | poly(ethylene oxide) | en |
| dc.title | Size Exclusion Chromatography of Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Homopolymers and Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) Copolymers | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Macromolecular Science and Engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |