title: Self-assembled structures in organogels of amphiphilic diblock codendrimers.
abstract: Amphiphilic diblock codendrimers consisting of dendrons of hydroxyl-containing poly(methallyl dichloride) (PMDC) and long alkyl-containing poly(urethane amide) (PUA) were synthesized in different generations. These codendrimers were found to self-assemble into ribbonlike aggregates in organic solvent and further formed three-dimensional networks and behaved macroscopically as gels. The width of the self-assembled ribbons decreases with the generation of both dendritic blocks. Multiple intermolecular hydrogen bonds between amide and hydroxyl groups were found to be the main driving force to form these self-assembled gels.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zijian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lienkamp
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lieberwirth
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wegner
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D005782:Gels