Title
Platelet self-assembly of an amphiphilic A-B-C-A tetrablock copolymer in pure water
Date Issued
03 May 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of California
Abstract
A new principle demonstrated for controlling the self-assembly of amphiphilic tetrablock copolymer molecules and to explore the possibility of designing such amphiphilic molecules was discussed. The approach used an ABCA tetrablock copolymer with hydrophilic A blocks and hydrophobic B and C blocks. It was found that the molecular weight of each of the blocks was about 35 kg/mol. Experiments showed that the platelets with lateral dimensions in the 100-300 nm range formed spontaneously in dilute ABCA/water mixture at 45°C. The work provided a systematic study of the aggregation of amphiphilic ABCA tetrablock copolymers as a function of molecular architecture and solvent quality.
Start page
3567
End page
3570
Volume
38
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-18744388031
Source
Macromolecules
ISSN of the container
00249297
Sources of information:
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