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Nekrasova TN, Kirila TY, Kurlykin MP, Ten’kovtsev AV, Filippov AP. Interpolymer Complexes of Star-Shaped Copolymers of Polyoxazoline with the Calixarene Core and Linear Polyacids in Solution. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES B 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1560090421020081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bačová P, Glynos E, Anastasiadis SH, Harmandaris V. How Does the Number of Arms Affect the Properties of Mikto-Arm Stars in a Selective Oligomeric Matrix? Insights from Atomistic Simulations. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:1138-1148. [PMID: 33490773 PMCID: PMC7818313 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We present a simulation study of amphiphilic mikto-arm star copolymers in a selective polymer host. By means of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, we examine the structural and dynamical properties of mikto-arm stars with varying number, n, of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polystyrene (PS) arms, (PEO) n (PS) n in a 33% wt blend with an oligomeric PEO host (o-PEO). As the number of arms increases, the stars resemble more spherical particles with less separated PEO and PS intramolecular domains. As a result of their internal morphology and associated geometrical constraints, the mikto-arm stars self-assemble either into cylindrical-like objects or a percolated network with increasing n, within the o-PEO matrix. The segmental dynamics is mostly governed by the star architecture and the heterogeneous local environment, formed by the intra- and intermolecular nanosegregation. We discuss the role of each factor and compare the results with previously published studies on mikto-arm stars.
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- Petra Bačová
- Institute
of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation
for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation
for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Crete, GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute
of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department
of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Computation-Based
Science and Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, 20 Constantinou Kavafi Street, 2121 Nicosia, Cyprus
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Xiao J, He Q, Qiu S, Li H, Wang B, Zhang B, Bu W. Amphiphilic miktoarm star copolymers can self-assemble into micelle-like aggregates in nonselective solvents: a case study of polyoxometalate based miktoarm stars. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-019-9709-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nekrasova TN, Pautov VD, Anan’eva TD, Meleshko TK, Ivanov IV, Yakimanskii AV. Complexes of Amphiphilic Molecular Brushes with a Polyimide Backbone with Poly-N-Vinylamides in Selective Solvents. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x19060075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bačová P, Foskinis R, Glynos E, Rissanou AN, Anastasiadis SH, Harmandaris V. Effect of macromolecular architecture on the self-assembly behavior of copolymers in a selective polymer host. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:9562-9570. [PMID: 30349909 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01421c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present a detailed simulation study of the structural and dynamical behavior of star-shaped mikto-arm (polystyrene)8(poly(ethylene oxide))8, (PS)8(PEO)8, copolymers with eight arms of each type, versus that of a linear polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide), PS-b-PEO, diblock, in a selective homopolymer host. Both copolymers are blended at the same weight fraction 33% with an oligomeric PEO host. We use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to account for the molecular interactions present in the blends and to study quantitatively the dynamical and structural properties of these systems. The presence of the selective oligomeric PEO host leads to the formation of complex self-assembled structures. While cylindrical structures are formed in the case of linear diblock copolymers, mikto-arm star copolymers form percolated interconnected assemblies within the PEO host. The cylindrical objects formed by the linear diblock copolymers exhibit a higher degree of compactness and a weaker temperature dependence than the percolated network formed by their star-shaped analogues. The dynamics is governed primarily by the local structural heterogeneity, i.e., the environment around a segment, which is determined by the interaction between the different components, the macromolecular architecture of the copolymer as well as the associated geometrical constrains. Our data further stress the fact that the structural and dynamical properties in these blends may be controlled/tuned by the macromolecular architecture of the copolymer and/or by adjusting the temperature.
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- Petra Bačová
- Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), GR-70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Nekrasova TN, Pautov VD, Anan’eva TD, Meleshko TK, Ivanov IV, Yakimansky AV. Structural Organization of Interpolymer Complexes Formed by Poly(N-vinylamides) and Poly(methacrylic acid) Chains Regularly Grafted to Polyimide in Aqueous Solutions. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES C 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1811238218020170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tzounis PN, Argyropoulou DV, Anogiannakis SD, Theodorou DN. Tacticity Effect on the Conformational Properties of Polypropylene and Poly(ethylene–propylene) Copolymers. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR 15780 Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR 15780 Athens, Greece
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- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GR 15780 Athens, Greece
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Hebbeker P, Plamper FA, Schneider S. Aggregation of Star Polymers: Complexation versus Segregation. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.201800033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Pascal Hebbeker
- Institute of Physical Chemistry; RWTH Aachen University; 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry; RWTH Aachen University; 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry; RWTH Aachen University; 52074 Aachen Germany
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Johner A, Lee NK. The Daoud and Cotton blob model and the interaction of star-shaped polymers. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2018; 41:88. [PMID: 30039228 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2018-11698-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Since it was first proposed in 1982, the Daoud and Cotton (DC) model for star-shaped polymers was intensively used also for self-assembled copolymers and small colloids grafted with long polymers. We try to clarify the position of the DC model and focus on the star partition function which plays a central role in self-assembly and gives access to the star-star interaction. While the predicted star-star interaction agrees with scattering data by Likos et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4450 (1998)), an extensive simulation by Hsu et al. (Macromolecules, 37, 4658 (2004)) does not recover the prediction for the partition function. We try to reconcile this seemingly conflicting results. We discuss star-star interactions, star free energy in θ -solvents, mixing of A/B branches in copolymer stars, within or beyond the Daoud and Cotton blob model.
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- Albert Johner
- Institut Charles Sadron CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Rue du Loess, 67034, Strasbourg Cedex 2, France.
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- Department of Physics, Sejong University, 05006, Seoul, South Korea
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Hebbeker P, Langen TG, Plamper FA, Schneider S. Spacer Chains Prevent the Intramolecular Complexation in Miktoarm Star Polymers. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:4729-4736. [PMID: 29630376 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The influence of spacer chains on the intramolecular complexation in star-shaped heteroarm (miktoarm) polymers is investigated. To overcome the mutual attraction of different polymeric components present in a miktoarm star with different homopolymeric arms, spacer chains of different length are attached to the core of the star at three different positions. In most of the investigated cases, this leads to diblock copolymer arms within the miktoarm star. Hereby, the inner spacer separates the outer blocks from their attractively interacting homopolymeric arms. The effect on the intramolecular complexation and the structure of the star polymer is obtained by Monte Carlo simulations of a simple bead-spring model. Then, long spacers can completely prevent the complexation. Both, local shielding by the spacer chains and the increased distance between the complex-forming polymers due to the spacer chains inhibit the complex formation. For a range of spacer positions and lengths, an equilibrium between a system forming a complex and a complex free system is found. The spacer chains can be used as a tool to tune the intramolecular complexation.
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- Pascal Hebbeker
- Institute of Physical Chemistry , RWTH Aachen University , D-52074 Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , RWTH Aachen University , D-52074 Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , RWTH Aachen University , D-52074 Aachen , Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry , RWTH Aachen University , D-52074 Aachen , Germany
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Adjusting the size of multicompartmental containers made of anionic liposomes and polycations by introducing branching and PEO moieties. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.05.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hebbeker P, Steinschulte AA, Schneider S, Plamper FA. Balancing Segregation and Complexation in Amphiphilic Copolymers by Architecture and Confinement. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4091-4106. [PMID: 28221801 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Segregation is a well-known principle for micellization, as solvophobic components try to minimize interactions with other entities (such as solvent) by self-assembly. An opposite principle is based on complexation (or coacervation), leading to the coassembly/association of different components. Most cases in the literature rely on only one of these modes, though the classical micellization scheme (such as spherical micelles, wormlike micelles, and vesicles) can be enriched by a subtle balance of segregation and complexation. Because of their counteraction, micellar constructs with unprecedented structure and behavior could be obtained. In this feature, systems are highlighted, which are between both mechanisms, and we study concentration, architecture, and confinement effects. Systems with inter- and intramolecular interactions are presented, and the effects of polymer topology and monomer sequence on the resulting structures are discussed. It is shown that complexation can lead to altered micellization behavior as the complex of one hydrophobic and one hydrophilic component can have a very low surface tension toward the solvent. Then, the more soluble component is enriched at the surface of the complex and acts as a microsurfactant. Although segregation dominates for amphiphilic copolymers in solution, the effect of the complexation can be enhanced by branching (change of architecture). Another possibility to enhance the complexation is by confining copolymers in a (pseudo-) 2D environment (like the one available at liquid-liquid interfaces). These observations show how new structural features can be achieved by tuning the subtle balance between segregation and complexation/solubilization.
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- Pascal Hebbeker
- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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