Study of the interaction of a poloxamer with short and long alkyl chain imidazolium ionic liquids.
The ethylene oxide (EO)/propylene oxide (PO) triblock copolymers (EO)m-(PO)n-(EO)m, also known as poloxamers, self-assemble in aqueous solution due to the differences in hydrophobicity between EO and PO. Both the overall length of the blocks and their relative lengths in the copolymer impact self-assembly. Even though...