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Xie J, Shi AC. Phase Behavior of Binary Blends of Diblock Copolymers: Progress and Opportunities. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:11491-11509. [PMID: 37535849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
The phase behavior of binary blends of diblock copolymers has been examined extensively in the past decades. Experimental and theoretical studies have demonstrated that mixing two different block copolymers provides an efficient and versatile route to regulate their self-assembled morphologies. A good understanding of the principles governing the self-assembly of block copolymer blends has been obtained from the study of A1B1/A2B2 diblock copolymer blends. The second (A2B2) diblocks could act synergistically as fillers and cosurfactants to regulate the domain size and interfacial properties, resulting in the formation of ordered phases not found in the parent (A1B1 or A2B2) diblock copolymer melts. The study of A1B1/A2B2 block copolymer blends further provides a solid foundation for future research on more complex block copolymer blends.
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- Jiayu Xie
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1, Canada
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He W, Wang F, Qiang Y, Pan Y, Li W, Liu M. Asymmetric Binary Spherical Phases Self-Assembled by Mixing AB Diblock/ABC Triblock Copolymers. Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wangping He
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Cui S, Zhang B, Shen L, Bates FS, Lodge TP. Core–Shell Gyroid in ABC Bottlebrush Block Terpolymers. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:21719-21727. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Shuquan Cui
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Xu Z, Dong Q, Zhang L, Li W. Enhanced dielectric permittivity of hierarchically double-gyroid nanocomposites via macromolecular engineering of block copolymers. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:15275-15280. [PMID: 36222383 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr04516h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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It is a challenging task to realize the periodically bicontinuous gyroid nanostructures of flexible nanocomposites with high loading of functionalized nanoparticles, which could exhibit high dielectric permittivity for energy storage and electronic devices. Herein, with the aid of the concept of macromolecular engineering, we propose novel nanocomposites, composed of A'(A''B)n miktoarm star copolymers and nanoparticles, to obtain a double-gyroid structure through self-consistent field theory coupled with density functional theory. By tailoring the architecture of this copolymer, a large window of the double-gyroid phase extending to a high loading concentration of nanoparticles is achieved, leading to a hierarchical structure of a percolation network of nanoparticles within the gyroid channels. Furthermore, the finite difference quasielectrostatic method is integrated to reveal an enhanced dielectric permittivity of the structured nanocomposites by increasing the loading concentration of nanoparticles. The simultaneous achievement of an ordered double-gyroid phase and high loading nanoparticles represents a crucial step toward the realization of fully three-dimensional network-like metamaterials via a rational molecular design of nanocomposites.
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- Zhanwen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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Li L, Xu Z, Li W. Emergence of Connected Binary Spherical Structures from the Self-assembly of an AB 2C Four-Arm Star Terpolymer. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luyang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Phase Behaviors of ABA Star Polymer and Nanoparticles Confined in a Sphere with Soft Inner Surface. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14081610. [PMID: 35458360 PMCID: PMC9027891 DOI: 10.3390/polym14081610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The phase behaviors of an ABA star polymer and nanoparticles confined in a sphere with soft inner surface, which is grafted with homopolymer brushes have been studied by the self-consistent field theory (SCFT). The morphologies of mixture in the center slice of sphere were focused. Two cases are considered: one is that the nanoparticles interact with the B blocks and the other is that the nanoparticles preferentially wet the B blocks. Under the two conditions, through changing the block ratio of the ABA star polymer, the concentration and radius of the nanoparticles, the phase behaviors of the mixtures confined the soft sphere are studied systematically. With increasing the concentration of nanoparticles, the entropy and the steric repulsive interaction of nanoparticles, and the nanoparticle density distributions along the perpendicular line through the center of sphere are plotted. The phase diagram is also constructed to analyze the effects of the nanoparticle volume fraction and radius on morphologies of ABA star polymers, and to study the effect of confinement on the phase behaviors. The results in this work provide a useful reference for controlling the ordered structures in experiment, which is an effective way to fabricate the newly multifunctional materials.
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Xie Q, Qiang Y, Li W. Single Gyroid Self-Assembled by Linear BABAB Pentablock Copolymer. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:205-209. [PMID: 35574770 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Although the double-gyroid (DG) structure has been commonly formed from the self-assembly of block copolymers, the single-gyroid (SG) structure is rarely reported. Moreover, the SG structure even shows better performance than DG in some optical applications. How to prepare the SG structure has become an attractive but challenging topic. We speculate that the SG structure can be stabilized by the synergistic effect of released packing frustration and stretched bridging block in AB-type block copolymers. Accordingly, we propose the minimum conditions for the design of architecture that enables the two mechanisms simultaneously. Following these conditions, a simple linear BABAB pentablock copolymer is successfully devised. SCFT calculations confirm that the SG phase can be stabilized by tailoring the architecture. Our work is hopeful to promote relevant experimental studies for engineering the unusual SG structure.
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- Qiong Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Xu Z, Li W. Control the self‐assembly of block copolymers by tailoring the packing frustration. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Zhanwen Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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Li Q, Li W. Expanding Alternating Spherical and Cylindrical Regions by Tailoring Binary Symmetric ABC/ABC Blends. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Qingyun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Zhao B, Liu MJ, Wang C, Chen YC, Xu YC. Enlarged Stable Phase Region of Hybrid Lamella-sphere Phase Enabled by A1B1A2(B2)m Branched Tetrablock Copolymer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2554-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yu B, Li R, Segalman RA. Tuning the Double Gyroid Phase Window in Block Copolymers via Polymer Chain Conformation Near the Interface. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Beihang Yu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Kuo S. Hydrogen bonding mediated
self‐assembled
structures from block copolymer mixtures to mesoporous materials. POLYM INT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Shiao‐Wei Kuo
- Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science Center of Crystal Research, National Sun Yat‐Sen University Kaohsiung Taiwan
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Zhao S, Cai T, Zhang L, Li W, Lin J. Autonomous Construction of Phase Diagrams of Block Copolymers by Theory-Assisted Active Machine Learning. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:598-602. [PMID: 35570770 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Equilibrium phase diagrams serve as blueprints for rational design of nanostructured materials of block copolymers, but their construction is time-consuming and requires profound expertise. Herein, by virtue of the knowledge of self-consistent field theory (SCFT), the active-learning method is developed to autonomously construct the phase diagrams of block copolymers. Without human intervention, the SCFT-assisted active-learning method can rapidly search the undetected phases and efficiently reproduce the complicated phase diagrams of diblock copolymers and multiblock terpolymers via decreasing the number of sampling points to about 20%. It is clearly demonstrated that the combined uncertainty sampling/random selection scheme in the active-learning method shows the outperformance in spite of a small amount of initial data set. This work highlights the promising integration of theoretical modeling with machine learning and represents a crucial step toward rational design of nanostructured materials.
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- Shuochen Zhao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Self-assembly of A1B1A2(B2) branched tetrablock copolymer: Length scale and phase transition. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lo Y, Chang C, Liu H, Huang C, Shi A. Self‐Assembly of Nonfrustrated ABCBA Linear Pentablock Terpolymers. MACROMOL THEOR SIMUL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/mats.202100014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yun‐Tse Lo
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan, R. O. C
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan, R. O. C
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan, R. O. C
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan, R. O. C
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University Hamilton ON L8S 4M1 Canada
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Buchanan N, Browka K, Ketcham L, Le H, Padmanabhan P. Conformational and topological correlations in non-frustated triblock copolymers with homopolymers. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:758-768. [PMID: 33232430 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01612h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The phase behavior of non-frustrated ABC block copolymers polymers, modeling poly(isoprene-b-styrene-b-ethylene oxide) (ISO), is studied using dissipative particle dynamic (DPD) simulations. The phase diagram showed a wide composition range for the alternating gyroid morphology, which can be transformed to a chiral metamaterial. A quantitative analysis of topology was developed, that correlates the location of a block relative to the interface with the block's end-to-end distance. This analysis showed that the A-blocks stretched as they were located deeper in the A-rich region. To further expand the stability of the alternating gyroid phase, A-selective homopolymers of different lengths were co-assembled with the ABC copolymer at several compositions. Topological analysis showed that homopolymers with lengths shorter than or equal to the A-block length filled the middle of the networks, decreasing packing frustration and stabilizing them, while longer homopolymers stretched across the network but allowed for the formation of stable, novel morphologies. Adding homopolymers to triblock copolymer melts increases tunability of the network, offering greater control over the final stable phase and bridging two separate regions in the phase diagram.
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- Natalie Buchanan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA. and Microsystems Engineering PhD Program, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
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Hu T, Ren Y, Zhang L, Li W. Impact of Architecture of Symmetric Block Copolymers on the Stability of a Dislocation Defect. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Tianyi Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Key Lab of In-fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, 150001 Harbin, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Xie Q, Qiang Y, Zhang G, Li W. Emergence and Stability of Janus-Like Superstructures in an ABCA Linear Tetrablock Copolymer. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Qiong Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Xie Q, Qiang Y, Chen L, Xia Y, Li W. Synergistic Effect of Stretched Bridging Block and Released Packing Frustration Leads to Exotic Nanostructures. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:980-984. [PMID: 35648611 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The self-assembly of amphiphilic macromolecules into various mesocrystals has attracted abiding interest. Although many interesting mesocrystals have been achieved, mesocrystals of a low coordination number (CN) such as simple cubic are rarely reported. Here we purposely design an AB-type multiblock copolymer to target exotic spherical phases of low CNs. Self-consistent field theory reveals that two sophisticated mechanisms are realized in the copolymer, that is, stretched bridging block and released packing frustration, synergistically leading to the formation of three spherical phases with extremely low CNs, including the simple cubic spheres (CN = 6), the cubic diamond spheres (CN = 4), and normally aligned hexagonal-packing spheres (6 < CN < 8) in a considerable parameter region. Moreover, we demonstrate that these exotic phases are hard to be stabilized by either of the two mechanisms individually.
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- Qiong Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Ren Y, Müller M. Impact of Molecular Architecture on Defect Removal in Lamella-Forming Triblock Copolymers. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yongzhi Ren
- Key Lab of In-Fiber Integrated Optics, Ministry of Education, 150001 Harbin, China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, 150001 Harbin, China
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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