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Lai YC, Hu YR, Lo CT. Hydrogen Bonding-Induced Crystal Orientation Changes in Confined Microdomains Constructed by Block Copolymer Blends. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu-Chen Lai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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Coceancigh H, Xue L, Nagasaka S, Higgins DA, Ito T. Solvent-Induced Swelling Behaviors of Microphase-Separated Polystyrene- block-Poly(ethylene oxide) Thin Films Investigated Using In Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:8338-8349. [PMID: 36219821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Block copolymers have attracted considerable interest in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology because these polymers afford well-defined nanostructures via self-assembly. An in-depth understanding of solvent effects on the physicochemical properties of these microdomains is crucial for their preparation and utilization. Herein, we employed in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry and single-molecule fluorescence techniques to gain detailed insights into microdomain properties in polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) films exposed to ethanol- and water-saturated N2. We observed a quick increase and a subsequent gradual decrease in the ellipsometric thickness of PS-b-PEO films upon exposure to ethanol-saturated N2. This observation was unexpected because ethanol-saturated N2 induced negligible thickness change for PS and PEO homopolymer films. The similarity in maximum thickness gain observed under ethanol- and water-saturated N2 implied the swelling of PEO microdomains. Ethanol vapor permeation through the PEO microdomains was supported by the redshift of the ensemble and single-molecule fluorescence emission of Nile red in PS-b-PEO films. Single-molecule tracking data showed the initial enhancement and subsequent reduction of the diffusion of hydrophilic sulforhodamine B molecules in PS-b-PEO films upon exposure to ethanol-saturated N2, consistent with the spectroscopic ellipsometry results. The higher ethanol susceptibility of the PEO microdomains was attributable to their amorphous nature, as shown by FTIR data.
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- Herman Coceancigh
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506-0401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506-0401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506-0401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506-0401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas66506-0401, United States
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Pal S, Srivastava RK, Nandan B. Effect of spinning solvent on crystallization behavior of confined polymers in electrospun nanofibers. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Sanchayan Pal
- Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi Delhi India
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- Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi Delhi India
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- Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi Delhi India
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Ming Y, Zhou Z, Hao T, Nie Y. Molecular simulation of polymer crystallization under chain and space confinement. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:17382-17391. [PMID: 34350912 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01799c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polymer crystallization under chain and space confinements is studied by Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation results show that the crystallinity and melting temperature of confined systems increase with the increase of free chain content. Furthermore, the crystallinity and melting temperature of confined systems with larger lateral size are higher than those with smaller lateral size. These findings are in good agreement with the conclusions obtained in some experiments. An important phenomenon that cannot be observed in experiments has been confirmed, that is, the tethering point can be used as the nucleation site. For the confined polymer system with the lateral size of 8 lattice points, with the increase of free chain content, the surface free energy of the nuclei and the diffusion activation energy of the chains decrease due to the combined effects of chain conformation size and chain movement ability, which leads to the enhancement of the nucleation ability of polymers. However, for the confined polymer system with lateral size of 12 lattice points, with the increase of free chain content, the nucleation sites decrease and the critical free energy barrier increases, which are not conducive to nucleation. Moreover, the existence of interfacial interactions can also significantly change the crystallization of confined polymers. Our results indicate the crystallization kinetics of the confined polymer from a microscopic point of view.
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- Yongqiang Ming
- Research School of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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Gupta R, Misra M, Zhang W, Mukhtyar A, Gido SP, Ribbe A, Escobedo FA, Coughlin EB. Topological Frustration as a New Parameter to Tune Morphology Revealed through Exploring the Continuum between A-B-C 3-Arm Star and Linear Triblock Polymers. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rohit Gupta
- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4530, United States
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4530, United States
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4530, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4530, United States
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4530, United States
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Liang Z, Zheng N, Ni B, Lai Z, Niu H, Zhang S, Cao Y. Coherent crystal branches: the impact of tetragonal symmetry on the 2D confined polymer nanostructure. IUCRJ 2021; 8:215-224. [PMID: 33708399 PMCID: PMC7924242 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252521000774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The symmetry of polymer crystals greatly affects the optical, thermal con-ductivity and mechanical properties of the materials. Past studies have shown that the two-dimensional (2D) confined crystallization of polymer nanorods could produce anisotropic structures. However, few researchers have focused on understanding confined nanostructures from the perspective of crystal sym-metry. In this research, we demonstrate the molecular chain self-assembly of tetragonal crystals under cylindrical confinement. We specifically selected poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (P4MP1) with a 41 or 72 helical conformation (usually crystallizing with a tetragonal lattice) as the model polymer. We found a coherent crystal branching of the tetragonal crystal in the P4MP1 nanorods. The unusual 45°- and 135°-{200} diffractions and the meridional 220 diffraction (from 45°-tilted crystals) have shown a uniform crystal branching between the a 1-axis crystals and the 45°-tilted crystals in the rod long axis, which originates from a structural defect associated with tetragonal symmetry. Surprisingly, this chain packing defect in the tetragonal cell can be controlled to develop along the rod long axis in 2D confinement.
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- Ziying Liang
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangdong 513060, People’s Republic of China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, People’s Republic of China
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Ito T, Higgins DA. Fluorescence Microscopic Investigations of Molecular Dynamics in Self-Assembled Nanostructures. CHEM REC 2021; 21:1417-1429. [PMID: 33533548 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Many analytical methods employ self-assembled nanostructured materials as chemical recognition media. Molecular permeation through these materials exhibits unique selectivity owing to nanoconfinement-induced enhancement of permeant-nanostructure interactions. This Personal Account introduces our efforts to investigate the detailed dynamics of single or a small number of molecules in nanostructured materials. We developed new experimental and analysis approaches built upon laser-based fluorescence microscopy to measure the detailed translational and orientational dynamics of molecules diffusing in horizontally-oriented, cylindrical nanostructures, including surfactant micelles, silica mesopores, block copolymer microdomains, and bolaamphiphile-based organic nanotubes. Our studies clarified nanoscale details on the structural/chemical heterogeneity of the nanostructures, and their impacts on molecular mass transport dynamics.
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- Takashi Ito
- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS 66506-0401, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Kansas State University, 213 CBC Building, Manhattan, KS 66506-0401, USA
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Rejek T, Schweizer P, Joch D, Portilla L, Spiecker E, Halik M. Buried Microphase Separation by Dynamic Interplay of Crystallization and Microphase Separation in Semicrystalline PEO-Rich PS- b-PEO Block Copolymer Thin Films. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tobias Rejek
- Organic Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research & Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research & Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Materials, Department of Materials Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Kikuchi H, Watanabe T, Marubayashi H, Ishizone T, Nojima S, Yamaguchi K. Control of crystal orientation of spatially confined PCL homopolymers by cleaving chain-ends of PCL blocks tethered to nanolamella interfaces. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Agbolaghi S, Abbaspoor S, Abbasi F. A comprehensive review on polymer single crystals—From fundamental concepts to applications. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2017.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Molecular self-assembly of one-dimensional polymer nanostructures in nanopores of anodic alumina oxide templates. Prog Polym Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wang Z, Dong X, Liu G, Xing Q, Cavallo D, Jiang Q, Müller AJ, Wang D. Interfacial nucleation in iPP/PB-1 blends promotes the formation of polybutene-1 trigonal crystals. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.01.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tamaño‐Machiavello MN, Costa CM, Romero‐Colomer FJ, María Meseguer Dueñas J, Lanceros‐Mendez S, Luis Gómez Ribelles J. Crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene oxide) confined in semicrystalline poly(vinylidene) fluoride. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.24564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Maria Noel Tamaño‐Machiavello
- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT)Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n46022 Valencia Spain
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- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT)Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n46022 Valencia Spain
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- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT)Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n46022 Valencia Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER‐BBN)Valencia Spain
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- BCMaterials, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de BizkaiaDerio48160 Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for ScienceBilbao48013 Spain
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- Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT)Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n46022 Valencia Spain
- Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER‐BBN)Valencia Spain
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He Q, Ren J, Ren J, Pang K, Ma Z, Zhu X, Song R. Polymethylene-b-poly (acrylic acid) diblock copolymers: Aggregation and crystallization in the presence of CaCl2. Eur Polym J 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Dobies M, Makrocka-Rydzyk M, Jenczyk J, Jarek M, Spontak RJ, Jurga S. Molecular Dynamics Study of Polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) Asymmetric Diblock Copolymer Systems. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:8856-8868. [PMID: 28814072 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Two polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PEO) diblock copolymers differing in molecular mass (49 and 78 kDa) but possessing the same PEO cylindrical morphology are examined to elucidate their molecular dynamics. Of particular interest here is the molecular motion of the PEO blocks involved in the rigid amorphous fraction (RAF). An analysis of complementary thermal calorimetry and X-ray scattering data confirms the presence of microphase-separated morphology as well as semicrystalline structure in each copolymer. Molecular motion within the copolymer systems is monitored by dielectric and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. The results reported herein reveal the existence of two local Arrhenius-type processes attributed to the noncooperative local motion of PEO segments involved in fully amorphous and rigid amorphous PEO microphases. In both systems, two structural relaxations governed by glass-transition phenomena are identified and assigned to cooperative segmental motion in the fully amorphous phase (the α process) and the RAF (the αc process). We measure the temperature dependence of the dynamics associated with all of the processes mentioned above and propose that these local processes are associated with corresponding cooperative segmental motion in both copolymer systems. In marked contrast to the thermal activation of the α process as discerned in both copolymers, the αc process appears to be a sensitive probe of the copolymer nanostructure. That is, the copolymer with shorter PEO blocks exhibits more highly restricted cooperative dynamics of PEO segments in the RAF, which can be explained in terms of the greater constraint imposed by the glassy PS matrix on the PEO blocks comprising smaller cylindrical microdomains.
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- Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Lotz B, Miyoshi T, Cheng SZD. 50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Crystals and Crystallization: Personal Journeys in a Challenging Research Field. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Bernard Lotz
- Institut Charles
Sadron (CNRS − Université de Strasbourg), 23, Rue du Lœss, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Department
of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department
of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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Dehmel R, Dolan JA, Gu Y, Wiesner U, Wilkinson TD, Baumberg JJ, Steiner U, Wilts BD, Gunkel I. Optical Imaging of Large Gyroid Grains in Block Copolymer Templates by Confined Crystallization. Macromolecules 2017; 50:6255-6262. [PMID: 28919648 PMCID: PMC5594442 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly is a promising route to manufacture functional nanomaterials for applications from nanolithography to optical metamaterials. Self-assembled cubic morphologies cannot, however, be conveniently optically characterized in the lab due to their structural isotropy. Here, the aligned crystallization behavior of a semicrystalline-amorphous polyisoprene-b-polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (ISO) triblock terpolymer was utilized to visualize the grain structure of the cubic microphase-separated morphology. Upon quenching from a solvent swollen state, ISO first self-assembles into an alternating gyroid morphology, in the confinement of which the PEO crystallizes preferentially along the least tortuous pathways of the single gyroid morphology with grain sizes of hundreds of micrometers. Strikingly, the resulting anisotropic alignment of PEO crystallites gives rise to a unique optical birefringence of the alternating gyroid domains, which allows imaging of the self-assembled grain structure by optical microscopy alone. This study provides insight into polymer crystallization within a tortuous three-dimensional network and establishes a useful method for the optical visualization of cubic BCP morphologies that serve as functional nanomaterial templates.
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- Raphael Dehmel
- Department
of Physics, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell
University, 214 Bard Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-1501, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell
University, 214 Bard Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-1501, United States
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- Department
of Engineering, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, U.K.
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- Department
of Physics, University of Cambridge, J.J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Adolphe Merkle
Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle
Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Adolphe Merkle
Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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Thelen JL, Chen XC, Inceoglu S, Balsara NP. Influence of Miscibility on Poly(ethylene oxide) Crystallization from Disordered Melts of Block Copolymers with Lithium and Magnesium Counterions. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jacob L. Thelen
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Lu Z, Liu M, Gao Q, Yang D, Zhang Z, Xiong X, Jiang Y, Liu XY. Design of Heterogeneous Nuclei Composed of Uniaxial Cellulose Nanocrystal Assemblies for Epitaxial Growth of Poly(ε-caprolactone). Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 117542 Singapore
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Samanta P, Srivastava R, Nandan B, Chen HL. Crystallization behavior of crystalline/crystalline polymer blends under confinement in electrospun nanofibers of polystyrene/poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(ε-caprolactone) ternary mixtures. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:1569-1582. [PMID: 28127604 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm02748b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We have studied the crystallization behavior of crystalline/crystalline blends of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) in electrospun nanofibers fabricated from ternary blends of polystyrene (PS), PEO, and PCL, where PS was present as the majority component. It was demonstrated previously that PEO in PS/PEO binary blend nanofibers with a low PEO weight fraction (≦0.2) crystallized predominantly through homogenous nucleation due to the small PEO domain size which excluded the presence of heterogeneities (Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 5110). Here, it was found that PCL in PS/PCL binary blend nanofibers exhibited similar behavior, but at a much lower weight fraction of PCL (≦0.1) due to the presence of an inherently higher concentration of heterogeneities in the PCL homopolymer. In the PS/PEO/PCL ternary blend nanofibers, where the combined weight fraction of PEO and PCL was kept at 0.2 or less, the crystallization of the two components took place separately through both heterogeneous and homogenous nucleation mechanisms. The phase segregated crystallization behavior was further confirmed by the melting behavior of the blend nanofibers and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) measurements. Most significantly, the homogenous nucleation of both PEO and PCL was suppressed whereas the heterogeneous nucleation was enhanced in the ternary blend nanofibers even at very low weight fraction of PEO or PCL. This was plausibly attributed to the coupling between the crystallization and the liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of the PEO/PCL mixture dispersed in the PS matrix during non-isothermal cooling of the blend nanofibers. Furthermore, it was observed that thermal treatment of the PS/PEO/PCL blend nanofibers above the glass transition temperature of PS further promoted the heterogeneous nucleation-initiated crystallization of PEO because of a complex interplay between Plateau-Rayleigh instability-induced domain breakup and its further coalescence and demixing within the PEO/PCL domains embedded in the PS matrix.
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- Pratick Samanta
- Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Centre of Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
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Liu CL, Chen HL. Variable Crystal Orientation of Poly(ethylene oxide) Confined within the Tubular Space Templated by Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanochannels. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Chien-Liang Liu
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Center of Fundamental and Applied
Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Oparaji O, Zuo X, Hallinan DT. Crystallite dissolution in PEO-based polymers induced by water sorption. POLYMER 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kato R, Nakagawa S, Marubayashi H, Nojima S. Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Blocks Confined in Cylindrical Microdomain Structures as a Function of Confinement Size and Molecular Weight. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ryota Kato
- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials and ‡Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials and ‡Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials and ‡Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Organic and Polymeric Materials and ‡Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Samanta P, V T, Singh S, Srivastava R, Nandan B, Liu CL, Chen HL. Crystallization behaviour of poly(ethylene oxide) under confinement in the electrospun nanofibers of polystyrene/poly(ethylene oxide) blends. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:5110-5120. [PMID: 27184694 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00648e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We have studied the confined crystallization behaviour of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in the electrospun nanofibers of the phase-separated blends of polystyrene (PS) and PEO, where PS was present as the major component. The size and shape of PEO domains in the nanofibers were considerably different from those in the cast films, presumably because of the nano-dimensions of the nanofibers and the extensional forces experienced by the polymer solution during electrospinning. The phase-separated morphology in turn influenced the crystallization behaviour of PEO in the blend nanofibers. At a PEO weight fraction of ≥0.3, crystallization occurred through a heterogeneous nucleation mechanism similar to that in cast blend films. However, as the PEO weight fraction in the blend nanofibers was reduced from 0.3 to 0.2, an abrupt transformation of the nucleation mechanism from the heterogeneous to predominantly homogenous type was observed. The change in the nucleation mechanism implied a drastic reduction of the spatial continuity of PEO domains in the nanofibers, which was not encountered in the cast film. The melting temperature and crystallinity of the PEO crystallites developed in the nanofibers were also significantly lower than those in the corresponding cast films. The phenomena observed were reconciled by the morphological observation, which revealed that the phase separation under the radial constraint of the nanofibers led to the formation of small-sized fibrillar PEO domains with limited spatial connectivity. The thermal treatment of the PS/PEO blend nanofibers above the glass transition temperature of PS induced an even stronger confinement effect on PEO crystallization.
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- Pratick Samanta
- Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Dai X, Niu J, Ren Z, Sun X, Yan S. Effects of Nanoporous Anodic Alumina Oxide on the Crystallization and Melting Behavior of Poly(vinylidene fluoride). J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:843-50. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiying Dai
- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering & The Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Mi C, Zhou J, Ren Z, Li H, Sun X, Yan S. The phase transition behavior of poly(butylene adipate) in the nanoporous anodic alumina oxide. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py01532d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PBA nanotubes with different diameters have been prepared.
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- Ce Mi
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- China
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Liu CL, Lin MC, Chen HL, Műller AJ. Evolution of Crystal Orientation in One-Dimensionally Confined Space Templated by Lamellae-Forming Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chien-Liang Liu
- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Center of Fundamental and Applied
Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu 30013, Taiwan
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- R&D Department, Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. Ltd., Miaoli 36053, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Center of Fundamental and Applied
Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu 30013, Taiwan
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- POLYMAT
and Polymer Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque
Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Fu C, Wang X, Shi X, Ran X. The induction of poly(vinylidene fluoride) electroactive phase by modified anodic aluminum oxide template nanopore surface. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10309f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The polar phase of PVDF nanowires was improved significantly with the modified AAO templates using a solution wetting method.
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- Chao Fu
- Lab of Polymer Composites Engineering
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- Lab of Polymer Composites Engineering
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- Lab of Polymer Composites Engineering
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- Lab of Polymer Composites Engineering
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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GUO Q, WANG T. Preparation and Characterization of Sodium Sulfate/Silica Composite as a Shape-stabilized Phase Change Material by Sol-gel Method. Chin J Chem Eng 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1004-9541(14)60047-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kim YY, Ahn B, Sa S, Jeon M, Roth SV, Kim SY, Ree M. Self-Assembly Characteristics of a Crystalline–Amorphous Diblock Copolymer in Nanoscale Thin Films. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma401440y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Young Yong Kim
- Division of Advanced Materials Science,
Department of Chemistry, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Polymer Research
Institute, Center for Electro-Photo Behaviors in Advanced Molecular
Systems, and BK School of Molecular Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Advanced Materials Science,
Department of Chemistry, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Polymer Research
Institute, Center for Electro-Photo Behaviors in Advanced Molecular
Systems, and BK School of Molecular Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- HASYLAB, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestr. 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Advanced Materials Science,
Department of Chemistry, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Polymer Research
Institute, Center for Electro-Photo Behaviors in Advanced Molecular
Systems, and BK School of Molecular Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Beaudoin E, Phan TNT, Robinet M, Denoyel R, Davidson P, Bertin D, Bouchet R. Effect of interfaces on the melting of PEO confined in triblock PS-b-PEO-b-PS copolymers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:10874-10880. [PMID: 23865710 DOI: 10.1021/la401889h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Block copolymers form nanostructures that have interesting physical properties because they combine, for a single compound, the complementary features brought by each block. However, in order to fully exploit these properties, the physical state of each kind of domain must be precisely controlled. In this work, triblock PS-b-PEO-b-PS copolymers consisting of a central poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) block covalently bonded to polystyrene (PS) blocks were synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Their morphology was investigated by X-ray scattering and TEM experiments whereas their thermodynamic behavior was characterized by DSC. A strong decrease of both the melting temperature and the degree of crystallinity of PEO, due to its confinement between the PS domains, was observed and analyzed with a modified Gibbs-Thomson equation, following the approaches used for fluids confined in porous media. The existence of an amorphous bound layer, a few nanometers thick, at the PEO/PS interface, that does not undergo any phase transition in the temperature range investigated, accounts for both the melting temperature depression and the decrease of crystallinity upon confinement. This interfacial layer may significantly affect the mechanical and transport properties of these block copolymers that find applications as solid polymer electrolytes in batteries for example. Moreover, the value obtained for the solid PEO/liquid PEO surface tension is lower than those previously published but is thermodynamically consistent with the surface tensions of polymers at the solid/vapor and liquid/vapor interfaces.
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- E Beaudoin
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire-UMR 7273, Campus Saint Jérôme, Case 542, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Wang J, Odarchenko YI, Defaux M, Lejnieks J, Ahokhin DV, Keul H, Ivanov DA, Möller M, Mourran A. Concurrent Order in a Semi-Crystalline Diblock Copolymer Involving Complexation with a Mesogen. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4008797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jingbo Wang
- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut de Sciences des Matériaux
de Mulhouse-IS2M, CNRS UMR7361, Jean Starcky,
15, F-68057 Mulhouse, France
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- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Faculty of Fundamental Physical
and Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut de Sciences des Matériaux
de Mulhouse-IS2M, CNRS UMR7361, Jean Starcky,
15, F-68057 Mulhouse, France
- Faculty of Fundamental Physical
and Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Interactive Materials Research
- DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V. Institut für Technische und
Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstrasse 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Michell RM, Blaszczyk-Lezak I, Mijangos C, Müller AJ. Confinement effects on polymer crystallization: From droplets to alumina nanopores. POLYMER 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Wu H, Cao Y, Ishige R, Higaki Y, Hoshino T, Ohta N, Takahara A. Confinement-Induced Crystal Growth in One-Dimensional Isotactic Polystyrene Nanorod Arrays. ACS Macro Lett 2013; 2:414-418. [PMID: 35581848 DOI: 10.1021/mz400136d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This work demonstrates the anomalous crystal growth of isotactic polystyrene (iPS) in nanorod arrays with different rod sizes. At the bottom of the nanorods, the crystals in bulk film grow into nanorods along either the [110] or [100] direction parallel to the rod axis. On the top side of the nanorods, the polymer exhibits different orientations corresponding to weak or strong confinement. In the weaker confinement (bigger nanorods of 300 nm diameter), the crystals grow with the [100] direction along the nanorod, which is similar to the crystals developed in the radial of spherulite. In the stronger confinement (smaller nanorods of 65 nm diameter), the splaying of crystals in the rod is significantly suppressed, and the preferred growth direction of iPS crystals is kept in either the [110] or [100] direction. The precise control of polymer crystal orientation and crystallinity at a local scale opens important perspectives for the design of one-dimensional nanomaterials whose performance depends on the anisotropic crystal properties.
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- Hui Wu
- Japan Science and
Technology
Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Japan Science and
Technology
Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry
and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry
and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
819-0395, Japan
- International Institute
for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Japan Science and
Technology
Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute/SPring-8, Hyogo 679-5198,
Japan
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- Japan Science and
Technology
Agency, ERATO, Takahara Soft Interfaces Project, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Institute for Materials Chemistry
and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka
819-0395, Japan
- International Institute
for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Chen N, Yan LT, Xie XM. Interplay between Crystallization and Phase Separation in PS-b-PMMA/PEO Blends: The Effect of Confinement. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma4005692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Nan Chen
- Key Laboratory
of Advanced Materials (MOE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory
of Advanced Materials (MOE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory
of Advanced Materials (MOE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Nakagawa S, Tanaka T, Ishizone T, Nojima S, Kakiuchi Y, Yamaguchi K, Nakahama S. Crystallization Behavior of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Chains Confined in Nanocylinders: Effects of Block Chains Tethered to Nanocylinder Interfaces. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma400071f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Shintaro Nakagawa
- Department of Organic and Polymeric
Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama
Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric
Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama
Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric
Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama
Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric
Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama
Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
- Research Institute for Photofunctionalized
Materials, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
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- Research Institute for Photofunctionalized
Materials, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
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Zhang P, Huang H, He T, Hu Z. Long-Range Ordered Crystallization Structure in the Micromolded Diblock Copolymer Thin Film. ACS Macro Lett 2012; 1:1007-1011. [PMID: 35607026 DOI: 10.1021/mz3002758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Confined crystallization of the micromolded poly(butadiene)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PB-b-PCL) diblock copolymer thin film was studied in this work. The long-range regular ordering of the PCL crystal with crystallographic b-axis parallel to the long-axis of the channel was detected, as indicated by the electron diffraction and grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction experimental results. This preferential crystallographic orientation is mainly because that PCL block crystallization was readily influenced by the geometric effect, then, the fast-growth direction (crystallographic b-axis) was forced to extend along the long-axis of the channel to grow long. Moreover, the substrate induced ordering of the block copolymer restricted the "in-plane" molecular diffusion in the residual layer, and cross-channel crystallization was precluded. Hence, micromolding seems to be a promising method for tailoring the nanoscale crystallization of block copolymer in thin films.
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- Peng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory
of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's
Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory
of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's
Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory
of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's
Republic of China
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- Center for Soft
Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, People's
Republic of China
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Maiz J, Martin J, Mijangos C. Confinement effects on the crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) nanotubes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:12296-12303. [PMID: 22834683 DOI: 10.1021/la302675k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this work, we show the effects of nanoconfinement on the crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) nanotubes embedded in anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The morphological characteristics of the hollow 1D PEO nanostructures were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The crystallization of the PEO nanostructures and bulk was studied with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). The crystallization of PEO nanotubes studied by DSC is strongly influenced by the confinement showing a strong reduction in the crystallization temperature of the polymer. X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments confirmed the isothermal crystallization results obtained by DSC, and studies carried out at low temperatures showed the absence of crystallites oriented with the extended chains perpendicular to the pore wall within the PEO nanotubes, which has been shown to be the typical crystal orientation for one-dimensional polymer nanostructures. In contrast, only planes oriented 33, 45, and 90° with respect to the plane (120) are arranged parallel to the pore's main axis, indicating preferential crystal growth in the direction of the radial component. Calculations based on classical nucleation theory suggest that heterogeneous nucleation prevails in the bulk PEO whereas for the PEO nanotubes a surface nucleation mechanism is more consistent with the obtained results.
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- Jon Maiz
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Nakagawa S, Kadena KI, Ishizone T, Nojima S, Shimizu T, Yamaguchi K, Nakahama S. Crystallization Behavior and Crystal Orientation of Poly(ε-caprolactone) Homopolymers Confined in Nanocylinders: Effects of Nanocylinder Dimension. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma202566f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shintaro Nakagawa
- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, H-125, 2-12-1 Ookayama Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka,
Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
- Research Institute for Photofunctionalized Materials, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293,
Japan
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- Research Institute for Photofunctionalized Materials, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293,
Japan
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Michell RM, Lorenzo AT, Müller AJ, Lin MC, Chen HL, Blaszczyk-Lezak I, Martín J, Mijangos C. The Crystallization of Confined Polymers and Block Copolymers Infiltrated Within Alumina Nanotube Templates. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma202327f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rose Mary Michell
- Grupo de Polímeros USB, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado 89000,
Caracas 1080-A, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Polímeros USB, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado 89000,
Caracas 1080-A, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Polímeros USB, Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado 89000,
Caracas 1080-A, Venezuela
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Center of Fundamental
and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Center of Fundamental
and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu 30013, Taiwan
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Wu H, Su Z, Takahara A. Characterization of an isotactic polystyrene/poly(2,6-dimethylphenylene oxide) nanorod blend with gradient composition and crystallinity. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21570e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Metwalli E, Nie M, Körstgens V, Perlich J, Roth SV, Müller-Buschbaum P. Morphology of Lithium-Containing Diblock Copolymer Thin Films. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201100112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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