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Suprapolymer Structures from Nanostructured Polymer Particles
Author(s) -
Higuchi Takeshi,
Tajima Atsunori,
Motoyoshi Kiwamu,
Yabu Hiroshi,
Shimomura Masatsugu
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.200900002
Subject(s) - polymer , copolymer , moiety , polystyrene , materials science , dissolution , nanoparticle , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , polymer science , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Divide and conquer : Polymer nanoparticles with phase‐separation structures prepared with block copolymers and homopolymer blends were used to fabricate unique suprapolymer structures by cross‐linking one polymer moiety and dissolving the other (see scheme; PI=polyisoprene, PSt=polystyrene).