Gradient helical copolymers: synthesis, chiroptical properties, thermotropic liquid crystallinity, and self-assembly in selective organic solvents

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	Gradient helical copolymers: synthesis, chiroptical properties, thermotropic liquid crystallinity, and self-assembly in selective organic solvents
	Chen, Junxian; Li, Bowen; Li, Xiaofu; Zhang, Jie; Wan, Xinhua
刊名	POLYMER CHEMISTRY
	2018-04-21
卷号	9 期号:15 页码:2002-2010
ISSN号	1759-9954
DOI	10.1039/c8py00237a
英文摘要	A series of novel gradient copolymers R-(-)-poly(StN-grad-C8) were synthesized through atom transfer radical copolymerization of an achiral styrenic monomer, N,N-dimethyl-4-ethenylbenzamide (M-StN), and a chiral bulky vinylterphenyl monomer, (-)-2,5-bis{4'-[(R)-sec-octyloxycarbonyl]phenyl}styrene (R-(-)-M-C8). The polymerization activities of monomers and the copolymer composition were measured. The results suggested that M-StN (1.59 <= r(StN) <= 2.25) was more active and consumed faster than R-(-)-M-C8 (0.28 <= r(C8) <= 0.44) and composed the main structures of short chain copolymers. However, when the copolymer was extended in size, more and more R-(-)-M-C8 was incorporated. In the resultant gradient copolymers, a sequential appearance of the main chain helicity and thermotropic liquid crystallinity was observed as the polymerization proceeded. When the molar masses were large enough, the copolymers adopted dominant helical conformations with an excess of screw sense and formed stable thermotropic columnar nematic phases. Furthermore, the gradient copolymers exhibited different self-assembly behavior from the block copolymers. The gradient copolymers tended to form larger vesicles, while the block copolymers with similar compositions were more likely to form smaller spherical micelles. This discovery of novel thermotropic liquid crystalline gradient helical copolymers makes it possible to mimic the specific structure of biomacromolecules.
语种	英语
出版者	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
WOS记录号	WOS:000430406700011
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iccas.ac.cn/handle/121111/46093]
专题	中国科学院化学研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Jie; Wan, Xinhua
作者单位	Peking Univ, Coll Chem & Mol Engn, Beijing Natl Lab Mol Sci, Key Lab Polymer Chem & Phys,Minist Educ, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Junxian,Li, Bowen,Li, Xiaofu,et al. Gradient helical copolymers: synthesis, chiroptical properties, thermotropic liquid crystallinity, and self-assembly in selective organic solvents[J]. POLYMER CHEMISTRY,2018,9(15):2002-2010.
APA	Chen, Junxian,Li, Bowen,Li, Xiaofu,Zhang, Jie,&Wan, Xinhua.(2018).Gradient helical copolymers: synthesis, chiroptical properties, thermotropic liquid crystallinity, and self-assembly in selective organic solvents.POLYMER CHEMISTRY,9(15),2002-2010.
MLA	Chen, Junxian,et al."Gradient helical copolymers: synthesis, chiroptical properties, thermotropic liquid crystallinity, and self-assembly in selective organic solvents".POLYMER CHEMISTRY 9.15(2018):2002-2010.