Mechanism of poly(<i>N</i>-isopropylacrylamide) cononsolvency in aqueous methanol solutions explored <i>via</i> oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mechanism of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) cononsolvency in aqueous methanol solutions explored via oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Published:2024 Issue:18 Volume:26 Page:13634-13638
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Nagasaka Masanari¹²^ORCID,Kumaki Fumitoshi³^ORCID,Yao Yifeng⁴^ORCID,Adachi Jun-ichi³⁵^ORCID,Mochizuki Kenji⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan

2. Molecular Science Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan

3. Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan

4. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310028, P. R. China

5. Materials Structure Science Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan

Abstract

Oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy revealed that poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) cononsolvency in aqueous methanol solutions emerges from methanol cluster formation, leading to the collapse of the hydrophobic hydration of PNIPAM.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/CP/D4CP00676C

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