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Anion–Dipole Interactions Make the Homopolymers Self‐Assemble into Multiple Nanostructures
Author(s) -
Wang LongHai,
Zhang ZiDan,
Hong ChunYan,
He XueHao,
You Wei,
You YeZi
Publication year - 2015
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.201405579
Subject(s) - amphiphile , copolymer , materials science , self assembly , nanostructure , dipole , nanotechnology , ion , polymer , aqueous solution , block (permutation group theory) , chemical physics , organic chemistry , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , composite material
Anion–dipole interactions can make homopolymers self‐assemble like an amphiphilic block copolymer. Generally, common homopolymers cannot self‐assemble into multiple nanostructures. Here, it is reported that anion – dipole interactions can enable a number of homopolymers to achieve a variety of self‐assembly behaviors in aqueous solution. Such interactions and self‐assembly features have been exclusively reserved for amphiphilic (block) polymers until now.