title: Synthesis and solution self-assembly of side-chain cobaltocenium-containing block copolymers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Lixia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011108:Polymers; D012996:Solutions; D003035:Cobalt