@article{AdelsbergerMetwalliDiethertetal.2012,
  author    = {Adelsberger, Joseph and Metwalli, Ezzeldin and Diethert, Alexander and Grillo, Isabelle and Bivigou Koumba, Achille Mayelle and Laschewsky, Andr{\´e} and M{\"u}ller-Buschbaum, Peter and Papadakis, Christine M.},
  title     = {Kinetics of collapse transition and cluster formation in a thermoresponsive micellar solution of P(S-b-NIPAM-b-S) induced by a temperature jump},
  series = {Macromolecular rapid communications},
  volume    = {33},
  journal   = {Macromolecular rapid communications},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {1022-1336},
  doi       = {10.1002/marc.201100631},
  pages     = {254 -- 259},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Structural changes at the intra- as well as intermicellar level were induced by the LCST-type collapse transition of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) in ABA triblock copolymer micelles in water. The distinct process kinetics was followed in situ and in real-time using time-resolved small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), while a micellar solution of a triblock copolymer, consisting of two short deuterated polystyrene endblocks and a long thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) middle block, was heated rapidly above its cloud point. A very fast collapse together with a multistep aggregation behavior is observed. The findings of the transition occurring at several size and time levels may have implications for the design and application of such thermoresponsive self-assembled systems.},
  language  = {en}
}