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Study of the dynamics of liquid droplets of dilute and semidilute polymer solutions on the surfaces of liquid subphases representing solvents for corresponding polymers has shown that a spot of a rather stable layer is formed on an air–liquid interface. The spot spreads over a liquid subphase surface to yield a monomolecular polymer layer. At the same time, the solvent passes into the solution, so that the polymer or its concentrated solution remains on the subphase surface. The polymer does not dissolve in the bulk subphase for several hours. The stability of the polymer spot has been explained under the assumption that the interfacial surface possesses elastic properties and hinders the penetration of macromolecules into the bulk subphase. Desolvation of macromolecules followed by phase separation occurs on the surface. The initial rate of the phase separation of the solution is rather high, while the time dependence of the diameter of the spreading spot is described by a scaling law with an exponent almost equal to 2/3.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Semakov, V.G. Kulichikhin, A.Ya. Malkin, 2017, published in Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, 2017, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 227–234.
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Semakov, A.V., Kulichikhin, V.G. & Malkin, A.Y. Phase separation of polymer solutions on a solvent surface. Colloid J 79, 278–285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X17020144
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