Self-Assembly of Mixtures of Block Copolymers of Poly(styrene-b-acrylic acid) with Random Copolymers of Poly(styrene-co-methacrylic acid)

Langmuir ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liu ◽  
Jun Wu ◽  
Joon-Seop Kim ◽  
Adi Eisenberg





2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaodong Sun ◽  
Chenrui Yuan ◽  
Zhulu Xie ◽  
Wen-Cong Xu ◽  
Qijin Zhang ◽  
...  

The self-assembly properties and photoresponsive behaviours of an azobenzene-containing block copolymer poly(acrylic acid-block-6-(4-(p-tolyldiazenyl)phenoxy)hexyl acrylate) (PAA-b-PAzo) are reported. As azobenzene has reversible trans–cis photoisomerization abilities, the trans PAA-b-PAzo solutions were converted...



2002 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. Wright ◽  
R. Andrew McMillan ◽  
Alan Cooper ◽  
Robert P. Apkarian ◽  
Vincent P. Conticello

AbstractTriblock copolymers have traditionally been synthesized with conventional organic components. However, triblock copolymers could be synthesized by the incorporation of two incompatible protein-based polymers. The polypeptides would differ in their hydrophobicity and confer unique physiochemical properties to the resultant materials. One protein-based polymer, based on a sequence of native elastin, that has been utilized in the synthesis of biomaterials is poly (Valine-Proline-Glycine-ValineGlycine) or poly(VPGVG) [1]. This polypeptide has been shown to have an inverse temperature transition that can be adjusted by non-conservative amino acid substitutions in the fourth position [2]. By combining polypeptide blocks with different inverse temperature transition values due to hydrophobicity differences, we expect to produce amphiphilic polypeptides capable of self-assembly into hydrogels. Our research examines the design, synthesis and characterization of elastin-mimetic block copolymers as functional biomaterials. The methods that are used for the characterization include variable temperature 1D and 2D High-Resolution-NMR, cryo-High Resolutions Scanning Electron Microscopy and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.



1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Jenekhe ◽  
X. L. Chen


Author(s):  
Weihua Li ◽  
Xueying Gu

Since tremendous progress has been made, directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers has been regarded as one of the most promising bottom-up lithography techniques. In particular, DSA has been successfully...



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