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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 46: Poster II
CPP 46.39: Poster
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 09:30–11:30, P5
The phase transition of perdeuterated thermoresponsive polymers — •Chenrui Ding1, Kuno Schwärzer2, Alfons Schulte3, and Christine M. Papadakis1 — 1TUM School of Natural Sciences, Soft Matter Physics Group, Garching, Germany — 2JCNS-1, FZ Jülich GmbH, Germany — 3University of Central Florida, Department of Physics and College of Optics and Photonics, Orlando, U.S.A.
The interaction of thermoresponsive polymers with water has been amply studied with respect to the cloud point temperature and the latent heat at the transition, using, among others, turbidimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) [1]. New information on the polymer-water interaction can be gained using perdeuterated polymers. We present results on poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) and poly(N-isopropyl methacrylamide) (PNIPMAM) and their perdeuterated versions in aqueous solution as a function of polymer concentration and establish the transition behavior.
1. C.-H. Ko, C. M. Papadakis et al., Macromolecules 53, 6816 (2020)
Keywords: thermoresponsive polymers; transition behavior; deuterated polymers