High lower critical

The first elastomeric protein is elastin, this structural protein is one of the main components of the extracellular matrix, which provides stmctural integrity to the tissues and organs of the body. This highly crosslinked and therefore insoluble protein is the essential element of elastic fibers, which induce elasticity to tissue of lung, skin, and arteries. In these fibers, elastin forms the internal core, which is interspersed with microfibrils [1,2]. Not only this biopolymer but also its precursor material, tropoelastin, have inspired materials scientists for many years. The most interesting characteristic of the precursor is its ability to self-assemble under physiological conditions, thereby demonstrating a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior. This specific property has led to the development of a new class of synthetic polypeptides that mimic elastin in its composition and are therefore also known as elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). 

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Adsorption behavior and the effect on colloid stability of water soluble polymers with a lower critical solution temperature(LCST) have been studied using polystyrene latices plus hydroxy propyl cellulose(HPC). Saturated adsorption(As) of HPC depended significantly on the adsorption temperature and the As obtained at the LCST was 1.5 times as large as the value at room temperature. The high As value obtained at the LCST remained for a long time at room temperature, and the dense adsorption layer formed on the latex particles showed strong protective action against salt and temperature. Furthermore, the dense adsorption layer of HPC on silica particles was very effective in the encapsulation process with polystyrene via emulsion polymerization in which the HPC-coated silica particles were used as seed. 

The calculated critical lines for the binary pairs are shown in Figure 1. All these lines are discontinuous, indicating high density phase separations. For each binary pair the principal part of the critical line begins at the critical point for the component with the higher critical temperature. There is a second branch of each of the critical lines, beginning at the critical point of the component with the lower critical temperature, which terminates on intersecting a liquid-liquid-vapor three-phase line. 

High polymers of N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAAM) exhibit a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in phosphate buffered saline above 31 C precipitation occurs, with minimal concentration dependence. 

Type V fluid phase behaviour shows at temperatures close to 7C-A a three-phase curve hhg which ends at low temperature in a LCEP (h=h)+g and at high temperature in a UCEP (h+h) g The critical curve shows two branches. The branch h=g runs from the critical point of pure component A to the UCEP. The second branch starts in the LCEP and ends in the critical point of pure component B. This branch of the critical curve is at low temperature h=h in nature and at high temperature its character is changed into h=g- The h=h curve is a critical curve which represents lower critical solution temperatures. In Figure 2.2-7 four isothermal P c-sections are shown. 

The S-L-V curve intersects the gas-liquid critical curve in two points the lower critical end point (LCEP) and the upper critical end point (UCEP). At these two points, the liquid and gas phases merge into a single fluid-phase in the presence of excess solid. At temperatures between Tlcep and Tucep a S-V equilibrium is observed. The solubility of the heavy component in the gas phase increases very rapidly with pressure near the LCEP and the UCEP. Near the LCEP the solubility of heavy component in the light one is limited by the low temperatures. In contrast, near the UCEP the solubility of heavy component in the light one is high, owing to the much higher temperatures [6],... 

Macrophase separation after microphase separation has been observed in an AB block copolymer/homopolymer C blend (Hashimoto et al 1995). Blends of a PS-PB starblock copolymer (75wt% PS) and PVME homopolymer were prepared by solvent casting. Binary blends of PS and PVME exhibit a lower critical solution temperature (LCST), i.e. they demix at high temperatures. The initial structure of a 50% mixture of a PS-PB diblock and PVME shown in Fig. 6.20(a) consists of worm-like micelles. Heating led to macrophase separation as evident... 

Reaction (1) yields products of Br03 reduction (Br2, HOBr) which bro-minate MA to form its bromine derivatives (BMA). Reaction (2) produces an inhibitor for reaction (1) acting as a feedback. If the system contains much Ce4+, the amount of Br is also high and reaction (1) is hindered. Finally, the amount of Ce4+ falls to its lower critical value and the concentration of Br also decreases. Reaction (1) then proceeds at a high rate and everything begins again. 

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