Reproducible Access to Tunable Morphologies via the Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer in Water

In this paper, Monte Carlo method is applied to simulate the process of the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymer with a series of block lengths of the insoluble and soluble blocks. Under the given simulation conditions, the diblock copolymers form spherical micelles in solution. The dependence of the core radii of spherical micelles on both block lengths is obtained and compared with experimental results of Eisenberg and coworkers.

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Effect of conformational asymmetry on the self-assembly of amphiphilic diblock copolymer in selective solvent

Polymer Bulletin ◽

10.1007/s00289-010-0265-2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 64 (8) ◽

pp. 805-815 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wei Li ◽

Wei Jiang

Keyword(s):

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

The Self ◽

Selective Solvent ◽

Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer

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EFFECT OF POLYDISPERSITY ON THE SELFASSEMBLY OF AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMER IN A SELECTIVE SOLVENT:A MONTE CARLO STUDY

Acta Polymerica Sinica ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1105.2011.10246 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 011 (4) ◽

pp. 421-426 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jie CUI ◽

Xiaoxu ZHANG ◽

Yuanyuan HAN ◽

Wei JIANG

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Monte Carlo Study ◽

The Self ◽

Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer

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Synthesis of poly(methyl methacrylate)-b-poly(acrylic acid) by DPE method

e-Polymers ◽

10.1515/epoly.2008.8.1.1051 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dong Chen ◽

Ruixue Liu ◽

Zhifeng Fu ◽

Yan Shi

Keyword(s):

Molecular Weight ◽

Acrylic Acid ◽

Methyl Methacrylate ◽

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽

Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer ◽

Poly Methyl Methacrylate ◽

Copolymer Poly ◽

Poly Acrylic Acid

AbstractAmphiphilic diblock copolymer poly(methyl methacrylate)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PMMA-b-PAA) was prepared by 1,1-diphenylethene (DPE) method. Firstly, free radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate was carried out with AIBN as initiator in the presence of DPE, giving a DPE-containing PMMA precursor with controlled molecular weight. tert-Butyl acrylate (tBA) was then polymerized in the presence of the PMMA precursor, and PMMA-b-PtBA diblock copolymer with controlled molecular weight was prepared. Finally, amphiphilic diblock copolymer PMMA-b-PAA was obtained by hydrolysis of PMMA-b-PtBA. The formation of PMMA-b-PAA was confirmed by 1H NMR spectrum and gel permeation chromatography. Transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering were used to detect the self-assembly behavior of the amphiphilic diblock polymers in methanol.

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Self-assembly of AB diblock copolymer solutions confined in cylindrical nanopores

Materials Chemistry Frontiers ◽

10.1039/c6qm00091f ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 487-494 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Yuping Sheng ◽

Yutian Zhu ◽

Wei Jiang ◽

Zeyuan Dong

Keyword(s):

Monte Carlo ◽

Monte Carlo Simulations ◽

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

The Self

The self-assembly of AB diblock copolymer solutions confined in a cylindrical nanopore is investigated systematically via Monte Carlo simulations.

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Synthesis and self-assembly of a novel amphiphilic diblock copolymer consisting of isotactic polystyrene and 1,4-trans-polybutadiene-graft-poly(ethylene oxide)

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c8ra01288a ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (23) ◽

pp. 12752-12759

Author(s):

HuaQing Liang ◽

QiHua Zhou ◽

YongJiang Long ◽

WanChu Wei ◽

Shuo Feng ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ethylene Oxide ◽

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer ◽

Isotactic Polystyrene ◽

Poly Ethylene Oxide ◽

Assembly Behavior ◽

Poly Ethylene

Herein, a novel amphiphilic diblock copolymer consisting of isotactic polystyrene and 1,4-trans-polybutadiene-graft-poly(ethylene oxide) was synthesized and its self-assembly behavior was investigated.

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Self-assembly of linear diblock copolymers in selective solvents: from single micelles to particles with tri-continuous inner structures

Soft Matter ◽

10.1039/d0sm00402b ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (26) ◽

pp. 6056-6062 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xianggui Ye ◽

Bamin Khomami

Keyword(s):

Diblock Copolymer ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Large Scale ◽

Diblock Copolymers ◽

Dissipative Particle Dynamics ◽

Particle Dynamics ◽

The Self ◽

Selective Solvent ◽

Selective Solvents

Large-scale dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations have been performed to investigate the self-assembly of over 20 000 linear diblock copolymer chains in a selective solvent.

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