Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1995, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (8): 1321.

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Fluorometric Study on the Hydrophobic Microdomain Structure of Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide

QIU Xing-Ping, ZHANG XUe-Rong, DING Ma-Tai   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005
  • Received:1994-10-14 Revised:1995-03-17 Online:1995-08-24 Published:1995-08-24

Abstract: In this paper,1-naphthol has been used as a fluorescence probe to investigate the hydrophobic microdomain structure formed by hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide in aqueous solution.It was found that 1-naphthol molecules are soluble in spherical SDS micelles but insoluble in the hydrophobic microdomains of AM-co-HDMAM.The solubility difference indicated that,owing to the steric hindrance of polymer backbone,the hydrophobic microdomains of AM-co-HDMAM should have a less integrated micellar structure than SDS micelles.

Key words: Naphthol, Polyacrylamide, Hydrophobic microdomain

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