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Ultrathin Alternating Copolymer Nanotubes with Readily Tunable Surface Functionalities
Author(s) -
Chen Jianxin,
Yu Chunyang,
Shi Zengqian,
Yu Songrui,
Lu Zhongyuan,
Jiang Wengfeng,
Zhang Meng,
He Wei,
Zhou Yongfeng,
Yan Deyue
Publication year - 2015
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.201408290
Subject(s) - copolymer , dissipative particle dynamics , materials science , click chemistry , micrometer , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , self assembly , epoxy , surface modification , chemical engineering , polymer , composite material , physics , engineering , optics
Well‐defined ultrathin nanotubes (30 nm in diameter and of micrometer‐scale length) were generated through the self‐assembly of a novel alternative copolymer synthesized using an epoxy–thiol click‐chemistry reaction. The self‐assembly mechanism was investigated both by experiments and using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The obtained nanotubes can be readily functionalized with carboxy groups, amino groups, peptides, or other groups by simple modular click copolymerization.