Particle and breath figure formation of triblock copolymers having self-complementary hydrogen-bonding units

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (21) ◽  
pp. 4408-4414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nojin Park ◽  
Myungeun Seo ◽  
Sang Youl Kim
Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (15) ◽  
pp. 4705
Author(s):  
Boer Liu ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Glenn A. Spiering ◽  
Robert B. Moore ◽  
Timothy E. Long

This work reveals the influence of pendant hydrogen bonding strength and distribution on self-assembly and the resulting thermomechanical properties of A-AB-A triblock copolymers. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization afforded a library of A-AB-A acrylic triblock copolymers, wherein the A unit contained cytosine acrylate (CyA) or post-functionalized ureido cytosine acrylate (UCyA) and the B unit consisted of n-butyl acrylate (nBA). Differential scanning calorimetry revealed two glass transition temperatures, suggesting microphase-separation in the A-AB-A triblock copolymers. Thermomechanical and morphological analysis revealed the effects of hydrogen bonding distribution and strength on the self-assembly and microphase-separated morphology. Dynamic mechanical analysis showed multiple tan delta (δ) transitions that correlated to chain relaxation and hydrogen bonding dissociation, further confirming the microphase-separated structure. In addition, UCyA triblock copolymers possessed an extended modulus plateau versus temperature compared to the CyA analogs due to the stronger association of quadruple hydrogen bonding. CyA triblock copolymers exhibited a cylindrical microphase-separated morphology according to small-angle X-ray scattering. In contrast, UCyA triblock copolymers lacked long-range ordering due to hydrogen bonding induced phase mixing. The incorporation of UCyA into the soft central block resulted in improved tensile strength, extensibility, and toughness compared to the AB random copolymer and A-B-A triblock copolymer comparisons. This study provides insight into the structure-property relationships of A-AB-A supramolecular triblock copolymers that result from tunable association strengths.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Wang ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Zhen Geng ◽  
Jingyi Rao ◽  
Bijin Xiong ◽  
...  

Giant vesicles represent an extremely useful system to mimick biomembranes; however, available methodologies towards easy and direct vesicles construction are still scarce. By designing a hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) amphiphilic ABA triblock...


2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (16) ◽  
pp. 1844-1852
Author(s):  
Mingtao Chen ◽  
David L. Inglefield ◽  
Keren Zhang ◽  
Amanda G. Hudson ◽  
Samantha J. Talley ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (13) ◽  
pp. 4396-4398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Mather ◽  
Margaux B. Baker ◽  
Frederick L. Beyer ◽  
Matthew D. Green ◽  
Michael A. G. Berg ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (74) ◽  
pp. 10868-10870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulin Chen ◽  
Zhibin Guan

ABA triblock copolymers with glassy PMMA middle blocks and dynamic hydrogen bonding terminal blocks self-assemble into nanocomposites having an excellent combination of mechanical strength and self-healing capability.


2000 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Weitkamp, J. Neuefeind, H. E. Fisch

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