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Wright, Daniel Bayham, Patterson, Joseph P., Gianneschi, Nathan C., Chassenieux, Christophe, Colombani, Olivier and O'Reilly, Rachel K. (2016) Blending block copolymer micelles in solution ; obstacles of blending. Polymer Chemistry, 7 (8). pp. 1577-1583. doi:10.1039/c5py02006a ISSN 1759-9954.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5PY02006A
Abstract
Amphiphilic block copolymers can assemble into a variety of structures on the nanoscale in selective solvent. The micelle blending protocol offers a simple unique route to reproducibly produce polymer nanostructures. Here we expand this blending protocol to a range of polymer micelle systems and self-assembly routes. We found by exploring a range of variables that the systems must be able to reach global equilibrium at some point for the blending protocol to be successful. Our results demonstrate the kinetics requirements, specifically core block glass transition temperature, Tg, and length of the block limiting the exchange rates, for the blending protocol which can then be applied to a wide range of polymer systems to access this simple protocol for polymer self-assembly.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Block copolymers, Amphiphiles, Macromolecules, Polymers | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Polymer Chemistry | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1759-9954 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | 28 February 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 7 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 18 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1577-1583 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1039/c5py02006a | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
| Funder: | European Science Foundation (ESF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), European Research Council (ERC), National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR) | ||||||||||
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