“…The PEO-PPO-PEO copolymers have broad applications due to their unique physicochemical properties such as detergent, foaming, emulsification, and so on, and they can be used in nanomaterial synthesis (Firestone et al, 2000(Firestone et al, , 2003Gong et al, 2014). A series of amphiphilic polyethers with branch structures have been studied in our laboratory, and many of their advantages and practical applications have been demonstrated (Cao et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2014Chen et al, , 2015Gong et al, 2009;Liu et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2006;Xin et al, 2007Xin et al, , 2008aZhang et al, 2004Zhang et al, , 2005.…”