All-Conjugated, Rod-Rod Block Copolymers-Generation and Self-Assembly Properties

✍ Scribed by Ullrich Scherf; Sylwia Adamczyk; Andrea Gutacker; Nils Koenen

• Book ID: 102943091
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 661 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1336
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900088

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Based on their rigid‐rod structure all‐conjugated, rod‐rod block copolymers show a preferred tendency to self‐assemble into low‐curvature vesicular or lamellar nanostructures independent from their specific chemical structure and composition. This unique and attractive behaviour is clearly illustrated in a few examples of such all‐conjugated block copolymers. The resulting nanostructured heteromaterials may find applications in electronic devices or artificial membranes.

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