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A Supramolecularly Assisted Transformation of Block‐Copolymer Micelles into Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Kim Sung Ho,
Nederberg Fredrik,
Jakobs Robert,
Tan Jeremy P. K.,
Fukushima Kazuki,
Nelson Alshakim,
Meijer E. W.,
Yang Yi Yan,
Hedrick James L.
Publication year - 2009
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/anie.200805414
Subject(s) - copolymer , micelle , ethylene glycol , materials science , peg ratio , polymer chemistry , polymer , hydrogen bond , chemical engineering , block (permutation group theory) , urea , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , composite material , aqueous solution , geometry , mathematics , finance , engineering , economics
Once around the block : Incorporation of a rigid hydrogen‐bonding benzamide unit, placed at the interface between two polymer blocks, in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)–(thio)urea–poly( L ‐lactide) (PLLA) block copolymers transforms the morphology of the block copolymers, from spherical micelles, as formed by PEG‐PLLA diblock copolymers, into nanotubes in solution.