title: Smart materials based on self-assembled hydrogen-bonded comb-shaped supramolecules.
abstract: Block copolymer self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry can be combined most naturally to prepare smart polymer nanomaterials. An attractive route is based on comb-shaped supramolecules, obtained by attaching side chains to (co)polymers by physical (non-covalent) interactions. Hydrogen bonding is a key element of our approach. It combines an ease of synthesis with other important approach-specific elements, such as hierarchical self-assembly, strongly enhanced processability, swelling, and cleaving. Functional properties discussed include anisotropic proton conductivity, switching proton conductivity, electronically conducting nanowires, polarized luminance, dielectric stacks (optical reflectivity), functional membranes, and nano objects.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science Centre, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, The Netherlands. brinke@chem.rug.nl
authors.forename: Gerrit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: ten Brinke
authors.forename: Olli
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ikkala
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004583:Electrons; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011522:Protons; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D011522:Protons