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A New Level of Hierarchical Structure Control by Use of Supramolecular Self‐Assembled Dendronized Block Copolymers
Author(s) -
Li Chaoxu,
Schluüter A. Dieter,
Zhang Afang,
Mezzenga Raffaele
Publication year - 2008
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/adma.200802086
Subject(s) - lamellar structure , materials science , copolymer , tetragonal crystal system , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , amphiphile , hexagonal crystal system , nanotechnology , block (permutation group theory) , alkyl , chemical engineering , polymer , crystallography , crystal structure , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , engineering
Complexation of dendronized block copolymers with sulfate alkyl tails forms unprecedented hierarchically ordered bulk structures, including rectangular‐in‐lamellar, tetragonal‐in‐lamellar, hexagonal‐in‐lamellar and lamellar‐in‐lamellar. These novel liquid‐crystalline morphologies, which can be designed at low length scales in these systems, are expected to provide final materials with not only unprecedented structural complexity, but also tunable physical properties.