scholarly journals Synthesis and Transfer of Chirality in Supramolecular Hydrogen Bonded Conjugated Diblock Copolymers

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Monnaie ◽  
Ward Ceunen ◽  
Julien De Winter ◽  
Pascal Gerbaux ◽  
Valentina Cocchi ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (21) ◽  
pp. 8743-8751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti J. Soininen ◽  
Antti Rahikkala ◽  
Juuso T. Korhonen ◽  
Esko I. Kauppinen ◽  
Raffaele Mezzenga ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (26) ◽  
pp. 9327-9336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Valkama ◽  
Teemu Ruotsalainen ◽  
Antti Nykänen ◽  
Ari Laiho ◽  
Harri Kosonen ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (25) ◽  
pp. 9517-9524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasa Bondzic ◽  
Joost de Wit ◽  
Evgeny Polushkin ◽  
Arend Jan Schouten ◽  
Gerrit ten Brinke ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (17) ◽  
pp. 7091-7097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antti J. Soininen ◽  
Ioanna Tanionou ◽  
Niels ten Brummelhuis ◽  
Helmut Schlaad ◽  
Nikos Hadjichristidis ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
S.D. Smith ◽  
R.J. Spontak ◽  
D.H. Melik ◽  
S.M. Buehler ◽  
K.M. Kerr ◽  
...  

When blended together, homopolymers A and B will normally macrophase-separate into relatively large (≫1 μm) A-rich and B-rich phases, between which exists poor interfacial adhesion, due to a low entropy of mixing. The size scale of phase separation in such a blend can be reduced, and the extent of interfacial A-B contact and entanglement enhanced, via addition of an emulsifying agent such as an AB diblock copolymer. Diblock copolymers consist of a long sequence of A monomers covalently bonded to a long sequence of B monomers. These materials are surface-active and decrease interfacial tension between immiscible phases much in the same way as do small-molecule surfactants. Previous studies have clearly demonstrated the utility of block copolymers in compatibilizing homopolymer blends and enhancing blend properties such as fracture toughness. It is now recognized that optimization of emulsified ternary blends relies upon design considerations such as sufficient block penetration into a macrophase (to avoid block slip) and prevention of a copolymer multilayer at the A-B interface (to avoid intralayer failure).


Author(s):  
David M. Anderson ◽  
Tomas Landh

First discovered in surfactant-water liquid crystalline systems, so-called ‘bicontinuous cubic phases’ have the property that hydropnilic and lipophilic microdomains form interpenetrating networks conforming to cubic lattices on the scale of nanometers. Later these same structures were found in star diblock copolymers, where the simultaneous continuity of elastomeric and glassy domains gives rise to unique physical properties. Today it is well-established that the symmetry and topology of such a morphology are accurately described by one of several triply-periodic minimal surfaces, and that the interface between hydrophilic and hydrophobic, or immiscible polymer, domains is described by a triply-periodic surface of constant, nonzero mean curvature. One example of such a dividing surface is shown in figure 5.The study of these structures has become of increasing importance in the past five years for two reasons:1)Bicontinuous cubic phase liquid crystals are now being polymerized to create microporous materials with monodispersed pores and readily functionalizable porewalls; figure 3 shows a TEM from a polymerized surfactant / methylmethacrylate / water cubic phase; and2)Compelling evidence has been found that these same morphologies describe biomembrane systems in a wide range of cells.


2001 ◽  
Vol 123 (7) ◽  
pp. 1545-1546
Author(s):  
James S. Nowick ◽  
De Michael Chung ◽  
Kalyani Maitra ◽  
Santanu Maitra ◽  
Kimberly D. Stigers ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Gang Wang ◽  
S.A. Safran

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