Issue 48, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Influence of nucleobase stoichiometry on the self-assembly of ABC triblock copolymers†

Keren Zhang,a   Samantha J. Talley,a   Ya Peng Yu,b   Robert B. Moore,a   Mitsuhiro Murayamab  and  Timothy E. Long*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Macromolecules Innovation Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
E-mail: telong@vt.edu

b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Abstract

ABC triblock copolymers bearing adenine- and thymine-functionalized external blocks self-assembled into long-range, ordered lamellar microphase-separated morphologies on non-patterned substrates. Intermolecular hydrogen bonding formed thymine–adenine triplets and promoted self-assembly into well-defined lamellae consisting of poly(n-butyl acrylate) soft domains and complementary nucleobase hard domains, while thymine–adenine duplets contributed to superior mechanical properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03502G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Apr 2016
Accepted
11 May 2016
First published
11 May 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 7564-7567

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Influence of nucleobase stoichiometry on the self-assembly of ABC triblock copolymers

K. Zhang, S. J. Talley, Y. P. Yu, R. B. Moore, M. Murayama and T. E. Long, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 7564 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03502G

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