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Serkhacheva NS, Prokopov NI, Lysenko EA, Kozhunova EY, Chernikova EV. Modern Trends in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:1408. [PMID: 38794601 PMCID: PMC11125046 DOI: 10.3390/polym16101408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a powerful and versatile technique for producing colloidal dispersions of block copolymer particles with desired morphologies. Currently, PISA can be carried out in various media, over a wide range of temperatures, and using different mechanisms. This method enables the production of biodegradable objects and particles with various functionalities and stimuli sensitivity. Consequently, PISA offers a broad spectrum of potential commercial applications. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the current state of rational synthesis of block copolymer particles with diverse morphologies using various PISA techniques and mechanisms. The discussion begins with an examination of the main thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural aspects of block copolymer micellization, followed by an exploration of the key principles of PISA in the formation of gradient and block copolymers. The review also delves into the main mechanisms of PISA implementation and the principles governing particle morphology. Finally, the potential future developments in PISA are considered.
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- Natalia S. Serkhacheva
- Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA—Russian Technological University, pr. Vernadskogo, 86, 119571 Moscow, Russia;
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- Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA—Russian Technological University, pr. Vernadskogo, 86, 119571 Moscow, Russia;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, bld. 3, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.L.); (E.Y.K.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, bld. 3, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.L.); (E.Y.K.)
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, bld. 2, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, bld. 3, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (E.A.L.); (E.Y.K.)
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Pavlopoulou E, Chrissopoulou K, Pispas S, Hadjichristidis N, Anastasiadis SH. The Micellization of Well-Defined Single Graft Copolymers in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:833. [PMID: 33803241 PMCID: PMC7967213 DOI: 10.3390/polym13050833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A series of well-defined (polyisoprene)2(polystyrene), I2S, single graft copolymers with similar total molecular weights but different compositions, fPS, were blended with a low molecular weight polyisoprene homopolymer matrix at a constant concentration 2 wt%, and the micellar characteristics were studied by small-angle x-ray scattering. To investigate the effect of macromolecular architecture on the formation and characteristics of micelles, the results on the single graft copolymers were compared with those of the corresponding linear polystyrene-b-polyisoprene diblock copolymers, SI. The comparison reveals that the polystyrene core chains are more stretched in the case of graft copolymer micelles. Stretching turned out to be purely a result of the architecture due to the second polyisoprene block in the corona. The micellization of a (polystyrene)2(polyisoprene), S2I, graft copolymer was also studied, and the comparison with the results of the corresponding I2S and SI copolymers emphasizes the need for a critical core volume rather than a critical length of the core-forming block, in order to have stable micelles. Finally, the absence of micellization in the case of the I2S copolymer with the highest polystyrene volume fraction is discussed. For this sample, macrophase separation occurs, with polyisoprene cylinders formed in the copolymer-rich domains of the phase-separated blends.
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- Eleni Pavlopoulou
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion Crete, Greece;
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion Crete, Greece;
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., 11635 Athens, Greece;
- Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, 15771 Athens, Greece;
- Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110 Heraklion Crete, Greece;
- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion Crete, Greece
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Chang BS, Ma L, He M, Xu T. NMR Studies of Block Copolymer-Based Supramolecules in Solution. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:1060-1066. [PMID: 35648616 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hierarchical assemblies from block copolymer (BCP)-based supramolecules have shown immense potential as programmable materials owing to their versatility for incorporating functional molecules and provide access to arrays of hierarchical structures. However, there remains a knowledge gap on the formation of the supramolecule in solution. Here, we applied NMR techniques to investigate the solution-phase behavior of the most studied supramolecular systems, polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine)(3-pentadecylphenol) (PS-b-P4VP(PDP)r). The results show that the supramolecule likely adopts a coil-comb conformation, despite the small molecule's (PDP) rapid exchange between the bonded and free states. The exchange rate (>104 s-1) exceeds the NMR time scale at the frequency of interest. The supramolecules form under dilute conditions (∼2 vol %) and are attributed to the enthalpic gain of the hydrogen bonding between the PDP and 4VP. As the solute concentration increases (>10 vol %), the supramolecule forms micelle-like aggregates with PDP accumulated within the comb-block's pervaded volume based on analysis of the apparent molecular weight, viscosity, and chain dynamics. This work sheds light on the long-standing question regarding the evolution of the constituents in the BCP-based supramolecule in solution and provides valuable guidance toward their solution-based processing and morphological control.
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- Boyce S Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Shen L, Wang TP, Lin FY, Torres S, Robison T, Kalluru SH, Hernández NB, Cochran EW. Polystyrene- block-Polydimethylsiloxane as a Potential Silica Substitute for Polysiloxane Reinforcement. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:781-787. [PMID: 35648526 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Here we report microphase-separated poly(styrene-block-dimethylsiloxane) (PS-b-PDMS) as a reinforcing filler in PDMS thermosets that overcomes the long-standing problem of aging in the processing of silica-reinforced silicone. Surprisingly, PS-b-PDMS reinforced composites display comparable mechanical performance to silica-modified analogs, even though the modulus of PS is much smaller than that of silica and there is no evidence of percolation with respect to the rigid PS domains. We have found that a few unique characteristics contribute to the reinforcing performance of PS-b-PDMS. The strong self-assembly behavior promotes batch-to-batch repeatability by having well-dispersed fillers. The structure and size of the fillers depend on the loading and characteristics of both filler and matrix, along with the shear effect. The reinforcing effect of PS-b-PDMS is mostly brought by the entanglements between the corona layer of the filler and the matrix, rather than the hydrodynamic reinforcement of the PS phase.
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- Liyang Shen
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Kansas City National Security Campus, 14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64147, United States
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- Kansas City National Security Campus, 14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64147, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Mueller AJ, Lindsay AP, Jayaraman A, Lodge TP, Mahanthappa MK, Bates FS. Emergence of a C15 Laves Phase in Diblock Polymer/Homopolymer Blends. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:576-582. [PMID: 35648489 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The observation of complex, Frank-Kasper (FK) particle packings in diblock polymer melts has until recently been limited to low molecular weight, conformationally asymmetric polymers. We report temperature-dependent small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies of blends of a sphere-forming poly(styrene-block-1,4-butadiene) (SB) diblock polymer (Mn = 33.3 kg/mol, Đ = Mw/Mn = 1.08, fB = 0.18) with two different poly(1,4-butadiene) (B) homopolymer additives. When the B additive Mn is the same as that of the diblock core-forming B segment, these blends remarkably form tetrahedrally close-packed FK σ and Laves C14 and C15 phases with increasing B content. However, binary blends in which the B additive Mn is 60% of that of the diblock B segment form only the canonical body-centered cubic (BCC) particle packing and hexagonally-packed cylinders (HEXc). The observed phase behavior is rationalized in terms of "wet" and "dry" brush blending, whereby higher B Mn drives stronger localization of the homopolymer in the particle cores while preserving the interfacial area per SB diblock chain. The consequent packing constraints in these blends destabilize the BCC packing, and FK phases emerge as optimal minimal surface solutions to filling space at constant density while maximizing local particle sphericity.
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Sarkar A, Thyagarajan A, Cole A, Stefik M. Widely tunable persistent micelle templates via homopolymer swelling. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:5193-5203. [PMID: 31204753 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00484j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The combination of precision control with wide tunability remains a challenge for the fabrication of porous nanomaterials suitable for studies of nanostructure-behavior relationships. Polymer micelle templates broadly enable porous materials, however micelle equilibration hampers independent pore and wall size control. Persistent micelle templates (PMT) have emerged as a kinetic controlled platform that uniquely decouples the control of pore and wall dimensions. Here, chain exchange is inhibited to preserve a constant template dimension (pore size) despite the shifting equilibrium while materials are added between micelles. Early PMT demonstrations were synthesis intensive with limited 1-1.3× pore size tuning for a given polymer. Here we demonstrate PMT swelling with homopolymer enables 1-3.2× (13.3-41.9 nm) pore size variation while maintaining a monomodal distribution with up to 250 wt% homopolymer, considerably higher than the ∼90 wt% limit found for equilibrating micelles. These swollen PMTs enabled nanomaterial series with constant pore size and precision varied wall-thickness. Kinetic size control here is unexpected since the homopolymer undergoes dynamic exchange between micelles. The solvent selection influenced the time window before homopolymer phase separation, highlighting the importance of considering homopolymer-solvent interactions. This is the first PMT demonstration with wide variation of both the pore and wall dimensions using a single block polymer. Lastly this approach was extended to a 72 kg mol-1 block polymer to enable a wide 50-290 nm range of tunable macropores. Here the use of just two different block polymers and one homopolymer enabled wide ranging pore sizes spanning from 13.3-290 nm (1-22×).
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- Amrita Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
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Wu F, Misra M, Mohanty AK. Novel tunable super-tough materials from biodegradable polymer blends: nano-structuring through reactive extrusion. RSC Adv 2019; 9:2836-2847. [PMID: 35520493 PMCID: PMC9060287 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra09596e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Structuring blends on sub-micrometer scales, especially nano-scales, has a higher potential for improving their thermomechanical properties. Here, we propose a design strategy to fabricate compatible nano-blends by manipulating the reactions between two biodegradable polymers, e.g. polybutylene succinate (PBS) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), with extremely low free radical contents through reactive extrusion processing. Observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), it is found that PBAT is tightly surrounded by large amounts of PBS–PBAT co-polymers and dispersed in a PBS matrix with a particle size of less than 100 nm. We show how impact strength and polymer moduli can be improved simultaneously by decreasing the small amount of dispersed phase into nano-scale (droplet or lamina structures). With 5 wt% PBAT content in the PBS–PBAT blend, the notched impact strength of PBS is increased 1200% and the Young's modulus is increased 15%. Through in situ rheological monitoring and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies, the reason why nano-blends can be formed in such a low amount of peroxide is illustrated. Our investigation most significantly indicates the transformation of the partially compatible PBS–PBAT micro-blend into a fully compatible PBS–PBAT through nano-structuring. This work addresses the importance of reaction rate and mechanism in favoring the formation of co-polymers rather than homo-polymer crosslinking or self-decomposition in polymer blend modification via reactive extrusion design. From micro to nano, super-tough PBS with high impact strength is fabricated.![]()
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- Feng Wu
- Bioproduct Discovery and Development Centre
- Department of Plant Agriculture
- University of Guelph
- Guelph
- Canada
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- Bioproduct Discovery and Development Centre
- Department of Plant Agriculture
- University of Guelph
- Guelph
- Canada
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- Bioproduct Discovery and Development Centre
- Department of Plant Agriculture
- University of Guelph
- Guelph
- Canada
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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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Uddin MF, Jiang Z, Raymond A, Goodson AD, Lwoya BS, Albert JNL. Thin film confinement reduces compatibility in symmetric ternary block copolymer/homopolymer blends. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.24732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Md Fakar Uddin
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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- X‐Ray Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne Illinois 60439
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Tulane University New Orleans Louisiana 70118
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Choudhary N, Hande VR, Roy S, Chakrabarty S, Kumar R. Effect of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactant on Methane Hydrate Formation: A Molecular Dynamics Study. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:6536-6542. [PMID: 29882664 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b02285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In experimental studies, it has been observed that the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) significantly increases the kinetics of hydrate formation and the final water-to-hydrate conversion ratio. In this study, we intend to understand the molecular mechanism behind the effect of SDS on the formation of methane hydrate through molecular dynamics simulation. Hydrate formation conditions similar to that of laboratory experiments were chosen to study hydrate growth kinetics in 1 wt % SDS solution. We also investigate the effect of interactions with isolated SDS molecules on methane hydrate growth. It was observed that the hydrophobic tail part of the SDS molecule favorably interacts with the growing hydrate surface and may occupy the partial hydrate cages while the head groups remain exposed to water.
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- Nilesh Choudhary
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research , Delhi-Mathura Road , New Delhi 110025 , India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research , Delhi-Mathura Road , New Delhi 110025 , India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar, HBNI , P.O. Bhimpur-Padanpur 752050 , Odisha , India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Indian Institute of Technology-Madras , Chennai 600036 , Tamilnadu , India
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Canning SL, Ferner JMF, Mangham NM, Wear TJ, Reynolds SW, Morgan J, Fairclough JPA, King SM, Swift T, Geoghegan M, Rimmer S. Highly-ordered onion micelles made from amphiphilic highly-branched copolymers. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00800k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Uniform onion micelles formed from up to ten nano-structured polymer layers were produced by the aqueous self-assembly of highly-branched copolymers.
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- Sarah L. Canning
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Sheffield
- UK
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Sheffield
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- ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
- Didcot
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biosciences
- University of Bradford
- Bradford BD7 1DP
- UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Sheffield
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Sheffield
- UK
- Department of Chemistry and Biosciences
- University of Bradford
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Lin FY, Cheng CY, Chuang YH, Tung SH. Polymersomes with high loading capacity prepared by direct self-assembly of block copolymers in drugs. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhu A, Lv X, Shen L, Zhang B, An Z. Polymerization-Induced Cooperative Assembly of Block Copolymer and Homopolymer via RAFT Dispersion Polymerization. ACS Macro Lett 2017; 6:304-309. [PMID: 35650907 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Polymerization-induced cooperative assembly (PICA) is developed to promote morphological transitions at high solids via RAFT dispersion polymerization, using both a macromolecular chain transfer agent (macro-CTA) and a small molecule chain transfer agent (CTA) to generate nano-objects consisting of well-defined block copolymer and homopolymer. PICA is demonstrated to promote morphological transitions under various conditions. Elemental mapping provides unambiguous evidence for the uniform distribution of the homopolymer within the core of the nano-objects. It is proposed that the growing homopolymer first reaches its solubility limit and forms aggregates, which induce the adsorption of the growing block copolymer. This effective and robust PICA approach significantly expands the capability to promote morphological transitions in RAFT dispersion polymerization and will facilitate the efficient synthesis of various higher-order morphologies at high solids.
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- Anqi Zhu
- Institute of Nanochemistry
and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry
and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry
and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry
and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry
and Nanobiology, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Yang S, Shin S, Choi I, Lee J, Choi TL. Direct Formation of Large-Area 2D Nanosheets from Fluorescent Semiconducting Homopolymer with Orthorhombic Crystalline Orientation. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:3082-3088. [PMID: 28206746 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Semiconducting polymers have been widely investigated due to their intriguing optoelectronic properties and their high crystallinity that provides a strong driving force for self-assembly. Although there are various reports of successful self-assembly of nanostructures using semiconducting polymers, direct in situ self-assembly of these polymers into two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures has proven difficult, despite their importance for optoelectronics applications. Here, we report the synthesis of a simple conjugated homopolymer by living cyclopolymerization of a 1,6-heptadiyne (having a fluorene moiety) and its efficient in situ formation of large-area 2D fluorescent semiconducting nanostructures. Using high-resolution imaging tools such as atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, we observed the solvent-dependent self-assembly behaviors of this homopolymer; the identical starting polymer formed 2D nanosheets with different shapes, such as rectangle, raft, and leaf, when dissolved in different solvents. Furthermore, super-resolution optical microscopy enabled the real-time imaging of the fluorescent 2D nanosheets, revealing their stable and uniform shapes, fluorescence, and solution dynamics. Notably, we propose an orthorhombic crystalline packing model to explain the direct formation of 2D nanostructures based on various diffraction patterns, providing important insight for their shape modulation during the self-assembly.
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- Sanghee Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-747, Korea
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- M. J. Greenall
- Institute of Mathematics,
Physics and Computer Science, Physical Sciences Building, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, United Kingdom
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Vora A, Wojtecki RJ, Schmidt K, Chunder A, Cheng JY, Nelson A, Sanders DP. Development of polycarbonate-containing block copolymers for thin film self-assembly applications. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5py01846c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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High quality block copolymers are needed for thin film self-assembly and directed self-assembly applications.
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Oikonomou EK, Tencé-Girault S, Gérard P, Norvez S. Swelling of semi-crystalline PVDF by a PMMA-based nanostructured diblock copolymer: Morphology and mechanical properties. POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gaitzsch J, Huang X, Voit B. Engineering Functional Polymer Capsules toward Smart Nanoreactors. Chem Rev 2015; 116:1053-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jens Gaitzsch
- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, 4056 Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Leibniz-Institut fuer Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Zhou Z, Hao T, Yan D. Kinetic Model of the Amphiphilic Copolymers with Hyperbranched Core Formed by AB 2Monomer and B fInitiator. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.201400102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Zhiping Zhou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Jiangsu University; 301 Xuefu Road Zhenjiang 212013 China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering; Jiangsu University; 301 Xuefu Road Zhenjiang 212013 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 China
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Liaw CY, Henderson KJ, Burghardt WR, Wang J, Shull KR. Micellar Morphologies of Block Copolymer Solutions near the Sphere/Cylinder Transition. Macromolecules 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/ma501763x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Chya Yan Liaw
- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Arras MML, Schillai C, Jandt KD. Enveloping self-assembly of carbon nanotubes at copolymer micelle cores. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:14263-14269. [PMID: 25361699 DOI: 10.1021/la502298j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their polymer nanocomposites are interesting materials for future applications, for example in optics or electronics. Research faces two major challenges with these outstanding nanofillers: control over dispersion and spatial arrangement within the nanocomposite, both required to achieve optimal structure and properties of CNT-based nanocomposites. We report on novel self-assembled multiwall CNT (MWCNT)/block copolymer (BCP) nanostructures realized by patterning MWCNTs with amphilphilic diblock copolymer micelles. A high molecular weight poly(styrene)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) BCP which forms large micelles (250 nm) was chosen to facilitate the templating by reducing the bending energy induced in the MWCNTs. We tested the hypothesis that it is possible to use an amphiphilic BCP as a dispersing agent and its spherical micelles as a template at the same time without modification of the CNTs. In thin films of the MWCNT/BCP micelles, highly separated MWCNTs were repeatedly observed which enveloped the core of the BCP micelles, i.e., the unfunctionalized MWCNTs segregated to the interface between the two BCP phases. Depending on the size of the MWCNTs, ring-like (split-ring) or network forming structures were obtained. The MWCNT templating mechanism, i.e., the segregation to the interface, is explained by the interfacial tension within the BCP interface and the chain entropy. The reported new complex nanocomposite has potential to be applied for example as cost-effective split-ring resonators for metamaterials or for conductive polymer films with an extremely low percolation threshold.
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- Matthias M L Arras
- Chair of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Velásquez E, Oliva H, Müller AJ, López JV, Vega J, Meira GR, Wambach M. Instability of styrene/polystyrene/polybutadiene/polystyrene- b
-polybutadiene emulsions that emulate styrene polymerization in the presence of polybutadiene. POLYM ENG SCI 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.23450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Berezkin AV, Kudryavtsev YV. End-Coupling Reactions in Incompatible Polymer Blends: From Droplets to Complex Micelles through Interfacial Instability. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma400700n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Anatoly V. Berezkin
- Max-Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck Strasse 1,
40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical
Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Leninsky prosp. 29, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Greenall MJ, Marques CM. Can amphiphile architecture directly control vesicle size? PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:088301. [PMID: 23473205 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.088301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Bilayer membranes self-assembled from simple amphiphiles in solution always have a planar ground-state shape. This is a consequence of several internal relaxation mechanisms of the membrane and prevents the straightforward control of vesicle size. Here, we show that this principle can be circumvented and that direct size control by molecular design is a realistic possibility. Using coarse-grained calculations, we design tetrablock copolymers that form membranes with a preferred curvature and demonstrate how to form low-polydispersity vesicles while suppressing micellization.
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- Martin J Greenall
- Institut Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, CNRS-UPR 22, 23, rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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Kumi BC, Greer SC. Micelles of polybutadiene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) in deuterated methanol and deuterated cyclohexane. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 386:212-7. [PMID: 22921407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.06.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Micellization of the diblock copolymer poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polybutadiene, PEO(132)-PB(89), where the subscripts denote the number of monomers in each block, has been studied in solution in deuterated methanol and in deuterated cyclohexane, in order to compare the micellar assembly in deuterated solvents to that in protonated solvents. The methods used were dynamic light scattering and small angle neutron scattering. In CD(3)OD, PEO(132)-PB(89) forms only spherical micelles that change little in size or shape over the temperature range 21-68°C. In CH(3)OH, PEO(132)-PB(89) forms coexisting cylindrical and spherical structures over the entire temperature range. Thus cylindrical micelles form in CH(3)OH, but do not form in CD(3)OD. In C(6)D(12), the copolymer forms flexible, cylindrical micelles at lower temperatures; above about 40°C, spherical micelles and free copolymers appear and coexist with the cylindrical micelles. The behavior in C(6)H(12) is the same as in C(6)D(12), except that no free copolymers are observed in C(6)H(12). The stronger hydrogen bonding in deuterated methanol as compared to protonated methanol is assumed to be the source of the difference in assembly.
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- Bryna C Kumi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742, United States.
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Ahn H, Lee Y, Lee H, Park S, Kim Y, Cho J, Ryu DY. Microdomain expansion and transition behavior of PS-b-PMMA/PS homopolymers by SAXS analysis. POLYMER 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chen XC, Yang H, Green PF. Micellar Formation and Organization in Thin Film Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma300194d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- X. Chelsea Chen
- Departments
of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Physics, and §Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109, United States
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- Departments
of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Physics, and §Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109, United States
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- Departments
of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Physics, and §Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48109, United States
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Salim NV, Hanley TL, Waddington L, Hartley PG, Guo Q. A Simple and Effective Approach to Vesicles and Large Compound Vesicles via Complexation of Amphiphilic Block Copolymer With Polyelectrolyte in Water. Macromol Rapid Commun 2012; 33:401-6. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Greenall MJ, Gompper G. Simple and Complex Micelles in Amphiphilic Mixtures: A Coarse-Grained Mean-Field Study. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma2014639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Martin J. Greenall
- Theoretical
Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute for Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich,
Germany
- Institut Charles Sadron, 23, rue du Loess, 67034 Strasbourg,
France
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- Theoretical
Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute for Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich,
Germany
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Yu CH, Chuang YH, Tung SH. Self-assembly of polystyrene-b-poly(4-vinylpyridine) in deoxycholic acid melt. POLYMER 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zhou J, Shi AC. Critical Micelle Concentration of Micelles with Different Geometries in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.201100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Greenall MJ, Schuetz P, Furzeland S, Atkins D, Buzza DMA, Butler MF, McLeish TCB. Controlling the Self-Assembly of Binary Copolymer Mixtures in Solution through Molecular Architecture. Macromolecules 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ma2008546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Unilever R&D Colworth, Colworth Park, Sharnbrook, MK44 1LQ, U.K
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- Unilever R&D Colworth, Colworth Park, Sharnbrook, MK44 1LQ, U.K
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, U.K
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Greenall MJ, Gompper G. Bilayers connected by threadlike micelles in amphiphilic mixtures: a self-consistent field theory study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:3416-3423. [PMID: 21381728 DOI: 10.1021/la200138b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Binary mixtures of amphiphiles in solution can self-assemble into a wide range of structures when the two species individually form aggregates of different curvatures. A specific example of this is seen in solutions of lipid mixtures where the two species form lamellar structures and spherical micelles, respectively. Here, vesicles connected by threadlike micelles can form in a narrow concentration range of the sphere-forming lipid. We present a study of these structures based on self-consistent field theory (SCFT), a coarse-grained model of amphiphiles. First, we show that the addition of sphere-forming lipid to a solution of lamella-former can lower the free energy of cylindrical, threadlike micelles and hence encourage their formation. Next, we demonstrate the coupling between composition and curvature; specifically, that increasing the concentration of sphere-former in a system of two bilayers connected by a thread leads to a transfer of amphiphile to the thread. We further show that the two species are segregated within the structure, with the concentration of sphere-former being significantly higher in the thread. Finally, the addition of larger amounts of sphere-former is found to destabilize the junctions linking the bilayers to the cylindrical micelle, leading to a breakdown of the connected structures. The degree of segregation of the amphiphiles and the amount of sphere-former required to destabilize the junctions is shown to be sensitive to the length of the hydrophilic block of the sphere-forming amphiphiles.
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- Martin J Greenall
- Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics, Institute for Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Zhang L, Eisenberg A. Structures of “crew-cut” aggregates of polystyrene-b
-poly(acrylic acid) diblock copolymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.19971130119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Koizumi S, Hasegawa H, Hashimoto T. Ordered structure of block polymer/homopolymer mixtures, 4. Vesicle formation and macrophase separation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.19920620109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Liu J(D, Thompson ZJ, Sue HJ, Bates FS, Hillmyer MA, Dettloff M, Jacob G, Verghese N, Pham H. Toughening of Epoxies with Block Copolymer Micelles of Wormlike Morphology. Macromolecules 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ma902471g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jia (Daniel) Liu
- Polymer Technology Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Polymer Technology Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Epoxy R&D, Freeport, Texas 77541
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Epoxy R&D, Freeport, Texas 77541
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- The Dow Chemical Company, Epoxy R&D, Freeport, Texas 77541
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Zhang K, Gao L, Chen Y, Yang Z. Onion-like microspheres with tricomponent from gelable triblock copolymers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 346:48-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2009] [Revised: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Deemak P, Wanichwecharungruang S, Nonthabenjawan R, Jornjangjun C. Controlling the morphology of self-assemble chitosan through derivatization. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-010-9432-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bousquet A, Ibarboure E, Papon E, Labrugère C, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Structured multistimuli-responsive functional polymer surfaces obtained by interfacial diffusion of amphiphilic block copolymers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.23962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Vora A, Zhao B, To D, Cheng JY, Nelson A. Blends of PS-PMMA Diblock Copolymers with a Directionally Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Additive. Macromolecules 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ma902280e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ankit Vora
- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120
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- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120
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- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120
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- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120
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- IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, California 95120
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Greenall MJ, Buzza DMA, McLeish TCB. Micelle shape transitions in block copolymer/homopolymer blends: Comparison of self-consistent field theory with experiment. J Chem Phys 2009; 131:034904. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3170938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pavlopoulou E, Anastasiadis SH, Iatrou H, Moshakou M, Hadjichristidis N, Portale G, Bras W. Micellization of Miktoarm Star SnIn Copolymers in Block Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends. Macromolecules 2009. [DOI: 10.1021/ma900696a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- E. Pavlopoulou
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 711 10 Heraklion Crete, Greece
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, 710 03 Heraklion Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 711 10 Heraklion Crete, Greece
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 710 03 Heraklion Crete, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, 157 71 Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, 157 71 Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, 157 71 Zografou, Athens, Greece
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- ESRF, DUBBLE CRG, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW), F-38043 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF, DUBBLE CRG, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW), F-38043 Grenoble, France
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Kim E, Ahn H, Ryu DY, Joo W, Kim JK, Jung J, Chang T. Closed-Loop Transition Induced by Homopolymers. Macromolecules 2008. [DOI: 10.1021/ma801530f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Eunhye Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea, and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongpuk 790-784, Korea
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Phase separation of polystyrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-styrene (SEBS) deposited on polystyrene thin films. POLYMER 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Perlich J, Schulz L, Abul Kashem MM, Cheng YJ, Memesa M, Gutmann JS, Roth SV, Müller-Buschbaum P. Modification of the morphology of P(S-b-EO) templated thin TiO2 films by swelling with PS homopolymer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:10299-306. [PMID: 17760470 DOI: 10.1021/la701412q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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For the controlled modification of sol-gel-templated polymer nanocomposites, which are transferred to a nanostructured, crystalline TiO2 phase by a calcination process, the addition of a single homopolymer was investigated. For the preparation, the homopolymer polystyrene (PS) is added in different amounts to the diblock copolymer P(S-b-EO) acting as a templating agent. The homopolymer/diblock copolymer blend system is combined with sol-gel chemistry to provide and attach the TiO2 nanoparticles to the diblock copolymer. So-called good-poor solvent-pair-induced phase separation leads to the formation of nanostructures by film preparation via spin coating. The fabricated morphologies are studied as a function of added homopolymer before and after calcination with atomic force microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering. The observed behavior is discussed in the framework of controlling the block copolymer morphologies by the addition of homopolymers. At small homopolymer concentrations, the increase in homopolymer concentration changes the structure size, whereas at high homopolymer concentrations, a change in morphology is triggered. Thus, the behavior of a pure polymer system is transferred to a more complex hybrid system.
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- J Perlich
- TU München, Physik-Department LS E13, James-Franck-Strasse 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Costanzo PJ, Beyer FL. Thermally Driven Assembly of Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices. Macromolecules 2007. [DOI: 10.1021/ma070447t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hermel-Davidock TJ, Tang HS, Murray DJ, Hahn SF. Control of the block copolymer morphology in templated epoxy thermosets. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.21336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kim EY, Lee DJ, Kim JK, Cho J. Phase Behavior of a Binary Mixture of a Block Copolymer with Lower Disorder-to-Order Transition and a Homopolymer. Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma0617567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eun Young Kim
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea
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- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Dankook University, Hyperstructured Organic Materials Research Center, Seoul 140-714, Korea
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Denesyuk NA, Gompper G. Mixing A and B Homopolymers with AC Diblock Copolymers: Phase Behavior of Asymmetric Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma060364x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Natalia A. Denesyuk
- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Festkörperforschung, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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