@inbook{e9eeef98fca4498c852732fcd25b6957,
title = "Self-assembled structures of amphiphilic ionic block copolymers: Theory, self-consistent field modeling and experiment",
abstract = "We present an overview of statistical thermodynamic theories that describe the self-assembly of amphiphilic ionic/hydrophobic diblock copolymers in dilute solution. Block copolymers with both strongly and weakly dissociating (pH-sensitive) ionic blocks are considered. We focus mostly on structural and morphological transitions that occur in self-assembled aggregates as a response to varied environmental conditions (ionic strength and pH in the solution). Analytical theory is complemented by a numerical self-consistent field approach. Theoretical predictions are compared to selected experimental data on micellization of ionic/hydrophobic diblock copolymers in aqueous solutions.",
keywords = "star-branched polyelectrolytes, charged diblock-copolymers, lipid bilayer-membranes, poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(acrylic acid), soluble interpolyelectrolyte complexes, statistical thermodynamics, association colloids, polyisobutylene-block-poly(meth",
author = "O.V. Borisov and E.B. Zhulina and F.A.M. Leermakers and A.H.E. Muller",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/12_2011_114",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642224850",
series = "Advances in Polymer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "241",
pages = "57--129",
editor = "A.H.E. Mueller and O. Borisov",
booktitle = "Self Organized Nanostructures of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers I",
}