The water + cyclodextrin + poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) mixtures have been investigated
to explore the temperature effect on the aggregation of the copolymer in the presence of cyclodextrins (CDs). The CDs with
different cavity sizes were chosen because they may include either the hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxides) block or both kinds
of blocks. The differential scanning calorimetry and viscosity experiments straightforwardly evidenced that the critical micellar
temperature is shifted to larger values by adding a CD which is able to include the middle poly(propylene oxide) block while
it is not influenced by the presence of CD which is selective to the poly(ethylene oxide) block. The enthalpy of aggregation
decreases upon the CD addition for all the investigated systems.
Keywords Critical micellar temperature - Enthalpy of aggregation - F68 - F88 - F108 - Hydroxypropyl-α-cyclodextrin - Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin - Pseudopolyrotaxanes