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Ni K, Liu A, Ding Y, Ye X. Thermal properties of glycinin in crowded environments. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 263:130192. [PMID: 38360233 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Crowded environments, commonly found in the food system, are utilized to enhance the properties of soybean proteins. Despite their widespread application, little information exists regarding the impact of crowded environments on the denaturation behaviors of soybean proteins. In this study, we investigated how crowding agents with varying molecular weights, functional groups, and topology affect the denaturation behavior of glycinin under crowded conditions. The results reveal that thermal stability in PEG crowded environments is mainly influenced by both preferential hydration and binding. The stabilization is primarily enthalpy-driven, with aggregation contributing additional entropic stabilization. Specifically, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol exhibit temperature-dependent, bilateral effects on glycinin stability. At the denaturation temperature, hydrophobic interactions play a predominant role, decreasing glycinin's thermal stability. However, at a molecular weight of 200 g/mol, there is a delicate balance between destabilizing and stabilizing effects, leading to no significant change in thermal stability. With the addition of PEG 400, 1000, and 2000, besides preferential hydration, additional hard-core repulsions between glycinin molecules enhance thermal stability. Methylation modification experiments demonstrated that 2-methoxyethyl ether exerted a more pronounced denaturing effect. Additionally, the cyclization of PEG 1000 decreased its stabilizing effect.
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- Kang Ni
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China; Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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Ebe M, Soga A, Fujiwara K, Ree BJ, Marubayashi H, Hagita K, Imasaki A, Baba M, Yamamoto T, Tajima K, Deguchi T, Jinnai H, Isono T, Satoh T. Rotaxane Formation of Multicyclic Polydimethylsiloxane in a Silicone Network: A Step toward Constructing "Macro-Rotaxanes" from High-Molecular-Weight Axle and Wheel Components. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202304493. [PMID: 37458573 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202304493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Rotaxanes consisting of a high-molecular-weight axle and wheel components (macro-rotaxanes) have high structural freedom, and are attractive for soft-material applications. However, their synthesis remains underexplored. Here, we investigated macro-rotaxane formation by the topological trapping of multicyclic polydimethylsiloxanes (mc-PDMSs) in silicone networks. mc-PDMS with different numbers of cyclic units and ring sizes was synthesized by cyclopolymerization of a α,ω-norbornenyl-functionalized PDMS. Silicone networks were prepared in the presence of 10-60 wt % mc-PDMS, and the trapping efficiency of mc-PDMS was determined. In contrast to monocyclic PDMS, mc-PDMSs with more cyclic units and larger ring sizes can be quantitatively trapped in the network as macro-rotaxanes. The damping performance of a 60 wt % mc-PDMS-blended silicone network was evaluated, revealing a higher tan δ value than the bare PDMS network. Thus, macro-rotaxanes are promising as non-leaching additives for network polymers.
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- Minami Ebe
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, 239-8686, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, 112-8610, Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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Small angle neutron scattering was used to measure single chain radii of gyration of end-linked polymer gels before and after cross-linking to calculate the prestrain, which is the ratio of the average chain size in a cross-linked network to that of a free chain in solution. The prestrain increased from 1.06 ± 0.01 to 1.16 ± 0.02 as gel synthesis concentration decreased near the overlap concentration, indicating that the chains are slightly more stretched in the network than in solution. Dilute gels with higher loop fractions were found to be spatially homogeneous. Form factor and volumetric scaling analyses independently confirmed that elastic strands stretch by 2-23% from Gaussian conformations to create a space-spanning network, with increased stretching as network synthesis concentration decreases. Prestrain measurements reported here serve as a point of reference for network theories that rely on this parameter for the calculation of mechanical properties.
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- Haley K Beech
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Chen D, Molnar K, Kim H, Helfer CA, Kaszas G, Puskas JE, Kornfield JA, McKenna GB. Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Putative Cyclic Polymers Synthesized by Reversible Radical Recombination Polymerization (R3P). Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Dongjie Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas79409, United States
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- Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio44691, United States
- Laboratory of Nanochemistry, Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest1089, Hungary
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California91125, United States
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- Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio44691, United States
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- Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio44691, United States
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- Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio44691, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California91125, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas79409, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina27695, United States
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Ubertini MA, Smrek J, Rosa A. Entanglement Length Scale Separates Threading from Branching of Unknotted and Non-concatenated Ring Polymers in Melts. Macromolecules 2022; 55:10723-10736. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mattia Alberto Ubertini
- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136Trieste, Italy
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090Vienna, Austria
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- Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Via Bonomea 265, 34136Trieste, Italy
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Mo JY, Wang ZH, Lu YY, An LJ. Size and Dynamics of Ring Polymers under Different Topological Constraints. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2743-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conformation and structure of ring polymers in semidilute solutions: A molecular dynamics simulation study. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mo J, Wang J, Wang Z, Lu Y, An L. Size and Dynamics of a Tracer Ring Polymer Embedded in a Linear Polymer Chain Melt Matrix. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jiangyang Mo
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061001, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P.R. China
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Zhou J, Yang J, Ishaq MW, Li L. Study of Linear and Cyclic Graft Polystyrenes with Identical Backbone Contour in Dilute Solutions: Preparation, Characterization, and Conformational Properties. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jianing Zhou
- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
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- Food Science and Processing Research Center, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Asenjo-Sanz I, Verde-Sesto E, Pomposo JA. A method to estimate the size of single-chain nanoparticles under severe crowding conditions. RSC Adv 2022; 12:1571-1575. [PMID: 35425196 PMCID: PMC8978863 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra09088g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) result from the folding of isolated polymer chains via intramolecular interactions. Currently, there is no theory able to rationalize the astonishing conformational behaviour of SCNPs under severe crowding conditions (e.g., highly concentrated solutions, all-polymer nanocomposites) and, specifically, the significant size reduction observed in highly crowded solutions of covalent-bonded SCNPs and all-polymer nanocomposites containing SCNPs. Herein, we propose a valuable method to estimate the size of SCNPs under crowding. The method - which is based on combining MD simulations results with scaling concepts - is also useful for ring polymers and nanostructured Janus-shaped SCNPs.
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- Isabel Asenjo-Sanz
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC, UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC Pº Manuel de Lardizabal 5 20018 Donostia Spain
- Departamento de Polímeros y Materiales Avanzados: Física, Química y Tecnología, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) PO Box 1072 20800 Donostia Spain
- IKERBASQUE - Basque Foundation for Science Plaza de Euskadi 5 48009 Bilbao Spain
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Hagita K, Murashima T. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ring Shapes on a Ring Fraction in Ring–Linear Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Katsumi Hagita
- Department of Applied Physics, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Watanabe K, Kaizawa N, Ree BJ, Yamamoto T, Tajima K, Isono T, Satoh T. One‐Shot Intrablock Cross‐Linking of Linear Diblock Copolymer to Realize Janus‐Shaped Single‐Chain Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kodai Watanabe
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-8628 Japan
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Watanabe K, Kaizawa N, Ree BJ, Yamamoto T, Tajima K, Isono T, Satoh T. One-Shot Intrablock Cross-Linking of Linear Diblock Copolymer to Realize Janus-Shaped Single-Chain Nanoparticles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18122-18128. [PMID: 34041829 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Developing an efficient and versatile process to transform a single linear polymer chain into a shape-defined nanoobject is a major challenge in the fields of chemistry and nanotechnology to replicate sophisticated biological functions of proteins and nucleic acids in a synthetic polymer system. In this study, we performed one-shot intrablock cross-linking of linear block copolymers (BCPs) to realize single-chain nanoparticles (SCNPs) with two chemically compartmentalized domains (Janus-shaped SCNPs). Detailed structural characterizations of the Janus-shaped SCNP composed of polystyrene-block-poly(glycolic acid) revealed its compactly folded conformation and compartmentalized block localization, similar to the self-folded tertiary structures of natural proteins. Versatility of the one-shot intrablock cross-linking was demonstrated using several different BCP precursors. In addition, the Janus-shaped SCNP produce miniscule microphase-separated structures.
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- Kodai Watanabe
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan
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Doi Y, Takano A, Takahashi Y, Matsushita Y. Viscoelastic Properties of Dumbbell-Shaped Polystyrenes in Bulk and Solution. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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Doi Y, Takano A, Takahashi Y, Matsushita Y. Melt rheology of tadpole-shaped polystyrenes with different ring sizes. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:8720-8724. [PMID: 32996540 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01098g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, linear melt rheology of a single-tail tadpole-shaped polystyrene, ST-30/80, having ring and linear sizes of MR ∼ 30 kg mol-1 and ML ∼ 80 kg mol-1, respectively, was examined, and the effect of the ring size on rheological properties of tadpole polymers was discussed by comparing with the data of the previously reported tadpole samples having MR ∼ 60 kg mol-1. ST-30/80 exhibits an entanglement plateau and shows a clearly slower terminal relaxation than that of its component ring and linear polymers. When the zero-shear viscosity η0 for ST-30/80 is plotted against the molecular weight of a linear tail chain, the data point lies on the single curve of η0 for 4- and 6-arm star polymers and the single-tail tadpoles with MR ∼ 60 kg mol-1. These results suggest that the tadpole molecule in this study spontaneously forms a characteristic entanglement network, i.e., the intermolecular ring-linear threading, in the same manner as the previous tadpole samples, even though the size of the ring part is just slightly larger than the entanglement molecular weight (i.e., MR ∼ 1.8Me).
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- Yuya Doi
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya 4648603, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya 4648603, Japan.
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 8168580, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya 4648603, Japan.
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Local Effects of Ring Topology Observed in Polymer Conformation and Dynamics by Neutron Scattering-A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12091884. [PMID: 32825628 PMCID: PMC7563567 DOI: 10.3390/polym12091884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The physical properties of polymers depend on a range of both structural and chemical parameters, and in particular, on molecular topology. Apparently simple changes such as joining chains at a point to form stars or simply joining the two ends to form a ring can profoundly alter molecular conformation and dynamics, and hence properties. Cyclic polymers, as they do not have free ends, represent the simplest model system where reptation is completely suppressed. As a consequence, there exists a considerable literature and several reviews focused on high molecular weight cyclics where long range dynamics described by the reptation model comes into play. However, this is only one area of interest. Consideration of the conformation and dynamics of rings and chains, and of their mixtures, over molecular weights ranging from tens of repeat units up to and beyond the onset of entanglements and in both solution and melts has provided a rich literature for theory and simulation. Experimental work, particularly neutron scattering, has been limited by the difficulty of synthesizing well-characterized ring samples, and deuterated analogues. Here in the context of the broader literature we review investigations of local conformation and dynamics of linear and cyclic polymers, concentrating on poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) and covering a wide range of generally less high molar masses. Experimental data from small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS), including Neutron Spin Echo (NSE), are compared to theory and computational predictions.
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Pachong SM, Chubak I, Kremer K, Smrek J. Melts of nonconcatenated rings in spherical confinement. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:064903. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0013929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Noda T, Doi Y, Ohta Y, Takata S, Takano A, Matsushita Y. Preparation, characterization, and dilute solution properties of four‐branched cage‐shaped poly(ethylene oxide). JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Takashi Noda
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular ChemistryNagoya University Nagoya Aichi Japan
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- Venture Business LaboratoryNagoya University Nagoya Aichi Japan
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- Scientific Instruments Division, Shoko Science Co., Ltd. Yokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular ChemistryNagoya University Nagoya Aichi Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular ChemistryNagoya University Nagoya Aichi Japan
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Kruteva M, Allgaier J, Monkenbusch M, Porcar L, Richter D. Self-Similar Polymer Ring Conformations Based on Elementary Loops: A Direct Observation by SANS. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:507-511. [PMID: 35648506 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We report small angle neutron scattering (SANS) results on very large polyethylene-oxide (PEO) rings in the melt. Major findings are (i) the observation of a cross over in the SANS pattern from a strong Q-dependence at intermediate Q to a Q-2 dependence at higher Q that is independent of the ring size. Summing up scattering amplitudes in a minimal model that contains the ring closure and a cross over from Gaussian statistics at short distances to more compact structures at larger distances, we identify the cross over to occur at a distance along the ring of Ne,0 = 45 ± 2.5. We consider this finding as a clear signature of the theoretically predicted elementary loops that build up the ring conformation. Their size is in the range of an entanglement strand for linear PEO melts and they are characterized by Gaussian statistics. (ii) The chain length dependence of the radius of gyration Rg follows rather closely the prediction of Obukhov's decorated ring model. (iii) Other than extracted from numerous simulations that are interpreted in terms of a cross over to mass fractal behavior around N ≅ 10Ne,0 with a fractal dimension df = 3 and exponent ν = 1/3, we do not observe such a cross over, but Rg(N) ∼ Nν=0.39 holds over the entire size range.
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- Margarita Kruteva
- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and Institute for Complex Systems (ICS), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and Institute for Complex Systems (ICS), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and Institute for Complex Systems (ICS), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble, cedex 9, France
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- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and Institute for Complex Systems (ICS), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Tsalikis DG, Mavrantzas VG. Size and Diffusivity of Polymer Rings in Linear Polymer Matrices: The Key Role of Threading Events. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Dimitrios G. Tsalikis
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and FORTH-ICE/HT, GR 26504 Patras, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and FORTH-ICE/HT, GR 26504 Patras, Greece
- Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Huang Q, Ahn J, Parisi D, Chang T, Hassager O, Panyukov S, Rubinstein M, Vlassopoulos D. Unexpected Stretching of Entangled Ring Macromolecules. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:208001. [PMID: 31172770 PMCID: PMC6778440 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.208001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
In the melt state at equilibrium, entangled nonconcatenated ring macromolecules adapt more compact conformations compared to their linear analogs and do not form an entanglement network. We show here that, when subjected to uniaxial stretching, they exhibit a unique response, which sets them apart from any other polymer. Remarkably, whereas both linear and ring polymers strain-harden, the viscosity of the rings increases dramatically (the melt thickens) at very low stretch rates due to the unraveling of their conformations along the stretching direction. At high rates, stretching leads to viscosity thinning similar to that of entangled linear polymers, albeit with subtle differences.
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- Q Huang
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Division of Advanced Materials Science and Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790784, Korea
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete 70013, Greece
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete 71003, Greece
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- Division of Advanced Materials Science and Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117924, Russia
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- Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete 70013, Greece
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete 71003, Greece
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Molecular simulation of structural and dynamic properties of polymer nanoparticles composed of linear and cyclic polyethylene. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-019-1797-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Iwamoto T, Doi Y, Kinoshita K, Takano A, Takahashi Y, Kim E, Kim TH, Takata SI, Nagao M, Matsushita Y. Conformations of Ring Polystyrenes in Semidilute Solutions and in Linear Polymer Matrices Studied by SANS. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Takuro Iwamoto
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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- HANARO Research Reactor Utilization Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon 305-353, Korea
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- HANARO Research Reactor Utilization Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon 305-353, Korea
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- J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6102, United States
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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Song Q, Ji Y, Li S, Wang X, He L. Adsorption Behavior of Polymer Chain with Different Topology Structure at the Polymer-Nanoparticle Interface. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10060590. [PMID: 30966624 PMCID: PMC6404055 DOI: 10.3390/polym10060590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The effect of the polymer chain topology structure on the adsorption behavior in the polymer-nanoparticle (NP) interface is investigated by employing coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations in various polymer-NP interaction and chain stiffness. At a weak polymer-NP interaction, ring chain with a closed topology structure has a slight priority to occupy the interfacial region than linear chain. At a strong polymer-NP interaction, the “middle” adsorption mechanism dominates the polymer local packing in the interface. As the increase of chain stiffness, an interesting transition from ring to linear chain preferential adsorption behavior occurs. The semiflexible linear chain squeezes ring chain out of the interfacial region by forming a helical structure and wrapping tightly the surface of NP. In particular, this selective adsorption behavior becomes more dramatic for the case of rigid-like chain, in which 3D tangent conformation of linear chain is absolutely prior to the 2D plane orbital structure of ring chain. The local packing and competitive adsorption behavior of bidisperse matrix in polymer-NP interface can be explained based on the adsorption mechanism of monodisperse (pure ring or linear) case. These investigations may provide some insights into polymer-NP interfacial adsorption behavior and guide the design of high-performance nanocomposites.
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- Qingliang Song
- Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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- Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
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Kobayashi Y, Doi Y, Abdul Rahman SS, Kim E, Kim TH, Takano A, Matsushita Y. SANS Study of Ring Topology Effects on the Miscibility of Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Yuki Kobayashi
- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- HANARO Research Reactor Utilization Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon 305-353, Korea
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- HANARO Research Reactor Utilization Development, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejeon 305-353, Korea
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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