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Self‐Organized Liquid Phase and Co‐Crystallization of Rod‐Like Polymers Hydrogen‐Bonded to Amphiphilic Molecules
Author(s) -
Ikkala O.,
Knaapila M.,
Ruokolainen J.,
Torkkeli M.,
Serimaa R.,
Jokela K.,
Horsburgh L.,
Monkman A.,
Brinke G. ten
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199910)11:14<1206::aid-adma1206>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , nanoscopic scale , conjugated system , molecule , crystallization , amphiphile , self assembly , protonation , phase (matter) , sulfonic acid , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , copolymer , chemistry , ion , engineering , composite material
The application of self‐organization to rod‐like polymers to form ordered nanoscale structures is not straightforward because such polymers are often infusible and poorly soluble. A concept is introduced—involving the stoichiometric protonation of a π‐conjugated electroactive rod‐like polymer by a sulfonic acid to give a polymeric salt, which in turn is complexed with an alkylphenol to produce a self‐organized nanoscale structure—that has many implications for new processing routes and controlled nanoscale structures of rigid rod‐like polymers, in particular electroactive polymers.