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Staub MC, Yu S, Li CY. Poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) Crystalsomes: Tiling 1D Polymer Crystals on a Spherical Surface. Macromol Rapid Commun 2023; 44:e2200529. [PMID: 35879644 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Polymer crystalsomes are a class of hollow crystalline polymer nanoparticles with shells formed by single crystals with broken translational symmetry. They have shown intriguing mechanical, thermal, and biomedical properties associated with spherical packing. Previously reported crystalsomes are formed by quasi-2D lamellae which can readily tile on a spherical surface. In this work, the formation of polymer crystalsomes formed by 1D polymer crystals is reported. Poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) is chosen as the model polymer because of its 1D growth habit. P3HT crystalsomes are successfully fabricated using a miniemulsion solution crystallization method, as confirmed by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and selected area electron diffraction experiments confirm that P3HT crystallized into a Form I crystal structure. XRD, differential scanning calorimetry and UV-Vis results reveal curvature-dependent structural, thermal and electro-optical properties.
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- Mark Clyde Staub
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Lotz B. The structural language of crystalline polymers*. POLYM ENG SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.25718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bernard Lotz
- Institut Charles Sadron CNRS and Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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Puiggalí J. Aliphatic polyamides (nylons): Interplay between hydrogen bonds and crystalline structures, polymorphic transitions and crystallization. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Jordi Puiggalí
- Departament d'Enginyeria Química Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Escola d'Enginyeria de Barcelona Est‐EEBE Barcelona
- Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/ Eduard Maristany, 10‐14, Ed. I2 Barcelona
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Lotz B. Original Crystal Structures of Even–Even Polyamides Made of Pleated and Rippled Sheets. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Bernard Lotz
- Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 23, Rue du Lœss, Strasbourg 67034, France
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Affiliation(s)
- Bernard Lotz
- Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 23, Rue du Lœss, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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An M, Zhang Q, Lin Y, Wang D, Chen W, Meng L, Yin P, Li L. Stretch-Induced Reverse Brill Transition in Polyamide 46. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Minfang An
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology & State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Wen T, Sun HJ, Lotz B, Cheng SZD. Scrolled/Cylindrical Solution-Grown Single Crystals in Form III of Isotactic Poly(1-butene). Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tao Wen
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS-Universite′ de Strasbourg, 23, Rue du Loess, Strasbourg 67034, France
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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, China
- Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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Qi H, Liu X, Henn DM, Mei S, Staub MC, Zhao B, Li CY. Breaking translational symmetry via polymer chain overcrowding in molecular bottlebrush crystallization. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2152. [PMID: 32358513 PMCID: PMC7195396 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15477-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One of the fundamental laws in crystallization is translational symmetry, which accounts for the profound shapes observed in natural mineral crystals and snowflakes. Herein, we report on the spontaneous formation of spherical hollow crystals with broken translational symmetry in crystalline molecular bottlebrush (mBB) polymers. The unique structure is named as mBB crystalsome (mBBC), highlighting its similarity to the classical molecular vesicles. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments show that the mBBC formation is driven by local chain overcrowding-induced asymmetric lamella bending, which is further confirmed by correlating crystalsome size with crystallization temperature and mBB's side chain grafting density. Our study unravels a new principle of spontaneous translational symmetry breaking, providing a general route towards designing versatile nanostructures.
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- Hao Qi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Lovinger AJ. Twisted Crystals and the Origin of Banding in Spherulites of Semicrystalline Polymers. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lai Z, Zhang S, Zheng N, Yu S, Ageishi M, Jinnai H, Cao Y. Hierarchical structure of the triclinic α-phase crystal in nylon 6,12 mediated by two-dimensional confinement. J Appl Crystallogr 2020. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576719014705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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It has been recognized that macromolecular chains can self-assemble into a hierarchical structure from lamellae to spherulites in bulk crystallization. However, little account has been taken of crystal symmetry effects on the hierarchical nanostructure in polymers under cylindrical confinement. In this research, a model polymer, nylon 6,12, most commonly occurring in the triclinic α phase, was chosen in order to demonstrate the effect of triclinic symmetry on the 2D-constrained polymer nanostructure. The self-arranging unit of nylon 6,12 takes various forms, including stems, unit cells, hydrogen-bonded sheets, lamellae and complex spherulites, which is an essential structural feature for investigating hierarchical nanostructure. The rod nanostructure in confinement was examined by cross-checking electron and X-ray diffraction techniques. It is found that thea* axis of the α-phase cell is inclined at about ±6–11° to the rod long axis within thea*b* plane around thecaxis (caxis ⊥ rod long axis). The rotation of thea*b* plane most likely results from the impact of the triclinic symmetry on the molecular chain packing under 2D confinement. A mechanism for thisa*b* plane tilting is proposed.
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Mei S, Staub M, Li CY. Directed Nanoparticle Assembly through Polymer Crystallization. Chemistry 2019; 26:349-361. [PMID: 31374132 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nanoparticles can be assembled into complex structures and architectures by using a variety of methods. In this review, we discuss recent progress of using polymer crystallization (particularly polymer single crystals, PSCs) to direct nanoparticle assembly. PSCs have been extensively studied since 1957. Mainly appearing as quasi-two-dimensional (2D) lamellae, PSCs are typically used as model systems to determine polymer crystalline structures, or as markers to investigate the crystallization process. Recent research has demonstrated that they can also be used as nanoscale functional materials. Herein, we show that nanoparticles can be directed to assemble into complex shapes by using in situ or ex situ polymer crystal growth. End-functionalized polymers can crystallize into 2D nanosheet PSCs, which are used to conjugate with complementary nanoparticles, leading to a nanosandwich structure. These nanosandwiches can find interesting applications for catalysis, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and nanomotors. Dissolution of the nanosandwich leads to the formation of Janus nanoparticles, providing a unique method for asymmetric nanoparticle synthesis.
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- Shan Mei
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Yu S, Lai Z, Jinnai H, Zeng X, Ageishi M, Lotz B, Cheng SZD, Zheng N, Zhang S, Feng X, Cao Y. Adding Symmetry: Cylindrically Confined Crystallization of Nylon-6. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [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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- Shichen Yu
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, China
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, China
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS—ULP), 6, rue Boussingault, Strasbourg 67083, France
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- Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), South China University of Technology, Guangdong 510640, China
- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangdong 513060, China
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325, United States
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Guangdong 518060, China
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Yue K, Liu G, Feng X, Li L, Lotz B, Cheng SZD. A few rediscovered and challenging topics in polymer crystals and crystallization. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Kan Yue
- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- Center for Advanced Low‐dimensional Materials Donghua University Shanghai China
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- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron Akron Ohio
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Lab and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
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- Institut Charles Sadron, CNRS‐Universite de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology Guangzhou China
- College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron Akron Ohio
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