Associative polymers
Associative polymers assemble into supramolecular structures whose formation and arrangement result from the delicate balance between contradictory forces. Among these, the entropic forces related to the loss of degrees of freedom of molecules, for example freedom of translation or freedom of conformation etc. They perfectly illustrate the various problems encountered in the study of soft matter. Mainly studied from the 1980s in the absence of solvent, my contributions in the field relate to the structures obtained in solution.
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Aggregation of telechelic triblock copolymers: From animals to flowers. Macromolecules 30:6798 (1997) , PDF
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Dilute solutions of diblock copolymers in a selective solvent: I. Evidence for spherical star like micelles. Journal de Physique II 6:1781 (1996) , PDF
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Triblock copolymers in a selective solvent. 2. Semidilute solutions. Macromolecules 29:1269 (1996) , PDF
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Triblock copolymers in a selective solvent. 1. Aggregation process in dilute solution. Macromolecules 27:2956 (1994) , PDF