Multi-Dimensional Self-Assembly of a Dual-Responsive ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymer
Xu F, Wu D, Huang Y, Wei H, Gao Y, Feng X, Yan D, Mai Y (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 6
Pages Range: 426-430
Journal Issue: 4
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00031
Abstract
This letter reports the first 2D self-assembly of ABC miktoarm star terpolymers based on dual-responsive polycaprolactone-arm-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-arm-poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (μ-CID), which self-assembled into multilayer nanosheets comprising polycaprolactone single crystals in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/methanol mixed solvents. Interestingly, the nanosheets showed pH-responsive morphological transitions in aqueous solutions, yielding multidimensional assemblies, including 2D hexagonal aggregates, patchy nanofibrils, and patchy vesicles, at different pH values. The nanosheets also exhibited thermoresponsive transition to spherical patchy micelles at a temperature above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) block. This study offers a novel system for fundamental study on the self-assembly of miktoarm star terpolymers.
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APA:
Xu, F., Wu, D., Huang, Y., Wei, H., Gao, Y., Feng, X.,... Mai, Y. (2017). Multi-Dimensional Self-Assembly of a Dual-Responsive ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymer. ACS Macro Letters, 6(4), 426-430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00031
MLA:
Xu, Fugui, et al. "Multi-Dimensional Self-Assembly of a Dual-Responsive ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymer." ACS Macro Letters 6.4 (2017): 426-430.
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