A combined small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering study of block copolymers micellisation in supercritical carbon dioxi

Small angle neutron and X-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS) are used to investigate the monomer–aggregate transition of fluorocarbon–hydrocarbon diblock copolymers in supercritical carbon dioxide.
SANS data are analyzed using a polydisperse sphere core–shell model.
Synchrotron SAXS data have been collected by profiling the pressure at different temperatures, and critical micellization densities have been obtained for a series of diblock solutions. Finally pressure jump experiments, combined with synchrotron SAXS, have revealed two steps in the dynamics of the formation of the aggregates.