Undulated multicompartment cylinders by the controlled and directed stacking of polymer micelles with a compartmentalized corona.
Like a bamboo rod: Long, bamboo-like undulated cylinders with distinct branch points and end groups (see picture) were obtained by the stacking of block terpolymer micelles that contain a fluorinated polybutadiene core and a compartmentalized corona of poly(4-tert-butoxystyrene) and poly(tert-butyl methacrylate). Stacking of the polymer micelles, which can be reversed, occurred when the solvent was changed from dioxane to ethanol.
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Bing
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Makromolekulare Chemie II and Bayreuther Zentrum für Kolloide und Grenzflächen, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
Walther
Andreas
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Wolf
Andrea
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Xu
Youyong
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Yuan
Jiayin
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Müller
Axel H E
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