Issue 16, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Creating suprapolymer assemblies: nanowires, nanorings, and nanospheres prepared from symmetric block-copolymers confined in spherical particles†

Hiroshi Yabu,*ab   Shunsuke Sato,c   Takeshi Higuchi,d   Hiroshi Jinnaidef  and  Masatsugu Shimomuraaf  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Multidisciplinary of Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
E-mail: yabu@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
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b Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

c Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

d Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

e Takahara Soft Interfaces Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

f WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

Abstract

We show here a simple and versatile preparation method of “suprapolymer assemblies” including nanowires, nanorings, and nanospheres based on the phase-separated structures formed in symmetric poly(styrene-block-isoprene) (PS-b-PI) and homo-polystyrene (h-PS) blended particles. The morphological control of phase-separated structures has been performed in the blended particles by changing amounts and molecular weights of blended homopolymers. Varieties of suprapolymer assemblies were prepared from these blended particles by a simple crosslinking and elusion procedure.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM30236E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Jan 2012
Accepted
13 Feb 2012
First published
14 Feb 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 7672-7675

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Creating suprapolymer assemblies: nanowires, nanorings, and nanospheres prepared from symmetric block-copolymers confined in spherical particles

H. Yabu, S. Sato, T. Higuchi, H. Jinnai and M. Shimomura, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7672 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30236E

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