Synthesis and solution self-assembly of side-chain cobaltocenium-containing block copolymers.
The synthesis of side-chain cobaltocenium-containing block copolymers and their self-assembly in solution was studied. Highly pure monocarboxycobaltocenium was prepared and subsequently attached to side chains of poly(tert-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate), yielding poly(tert-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(2-acryloyloxyethyl cobaltoceniumcarboxylate). The cobaltocenium block copolymers exhibited vesicle morphology in the mixture of acetone and water, while micelles of nanotubes were formed in the mixture of acetone and chloroform.
Ren
Lixia
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
Hardy
Christopher G
CG
Tang
Chuanbing
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D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D012996:Solutions
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; D012996:Solutions; D003035:Cobalt