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Architecture of Polymeric Superstructures: Self‐Color Tone Films Constructed by Mesoscopically Ordered Cubic Lattices
Author(s) -
Ishizu Koji,
Shiratori Susumu,
Hosokawa Takafumi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010803)40:15<2821::aid-anie2821>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - materials science , superstructure , lamellar structure , polymer , copolymer , polystyrene , methyl methacrylate , polymerization , morphology (biology) , polymer chemistry , methacrylate , chemical engineering , composite material , oceanography , biology , engineering , genetics , geology
Graft polymerization of photofunctional core–shell polymer microspheres of polystyrene‐block‐poly(4‐vinylpyridine) in methyl methacrylate locks the microspheres in a body‐centered cubic arrangement and yields a polymeric superstructure that exhibits a blue color tone (see picture). Similar optical properties are also observed in a diblock polymer with a lamellar morphology.