Issue 4, 2005
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Soft Matter

Nanorod engineering by reinforcing hexagonally self-assembled PS–b–P4VP(DDP) with PPE

Wendy van Zoelen,a   Gert Alberda van Ekenstein,a   Evgeny Polushkin,a   Olli Ikkala*b  and  Gerrit ten Brinke*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: g.ten.brinke@rug.nl

b Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics and Center for New Materials, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2200, HUT Espoo, Finland
E-mail: olli.ikkala@hut.fi

Abstract

Nanorods consisting of a polystyrene core and a poly(4-vinylpyridine) shell produced via the self-assembly route of comb-shaped supramolecules exhibit very poor mechanical properties. Adding a sufficient amount of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-diphenyl oxide) introduces entanglements to the PS-core resulting in nanorods with much better properties, which can be used as templates for e.g. transition metal oxide tubes.

Graphical abstract: Nanorod engineering by reinforcing hexagonally self-assembled PS–b–P4VP(DDP) with PPE

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B508120C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jun 2005
Accepted
13 Jul 2005
First published
17 Aug 2005

Soft Matter, 2005,1, 280-283

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Nanorod engineering by reinforcing hexagonally self-assembled PS–b–P4VP(DDP) with PPE

W. van Zoelen, G. A. van Ekenstein, E. Polushkin, O. Ikkala and G. ten Brinke, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 280 DOI: 10.1039/B508120C

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