%0 Journal Article
%T Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Double-Comb Triblock Terpolymers
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%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00570
%X High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Involving supramolecular chemistry in self-assembling block copolymer systems enables design of macromolecular architectures that are challenging to obtain through conventional all-covalent routes. In this work we present supramolecular double-comb triblock terpolymers in which both outer blocks are able to interact with a surfactant via hydrogen bonding and thereby form a comb-shaped architecture upon complexation. While the neat triblock terpolymer only formed a triple lamellar morphology, multiple hierarchical structures were observed in these supramolecular comb¨Ccoil¨Ccomb triblock terpolymers by simply adjusting the surfactant concentration. Structures included spheres on tetragonally packed cylinders-in-lamellae and spheres on double parallel lamellae-in-lamellae, as evidenced by electron microscopy and X-ray scattering. Incorporation of a middle coil block thus allowed an even higher macromolecular complexity than the previously reported double-comb diblock copolymers
%U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00570