title: Hierarchical self-assembly of two-length-scale multiblock copolymers.
abstract: The self-assembly in diblock copolymer-based supramolecules, obtained by hydrogen bonding short side chains to one of the blocks, as well as in two-length-scale linear terpolymers results in hierarchical structure formation. The orientation of the different domains, e.g. layers in the case of a lamellar-in-lamellar structure, is determined by the molecular architecture, graft-like versus linear, and the relative magnitude of the interactions involved. In both cases parallel and perpendicular arrangements have been observed. The comb-shaped supramolecules approach is ideally suited for the preparation of nanoporous structures. A bicontinuous morphology with the supramolecular comb block forming the channels was finally achieved by extending the original approach to suitable triblock copolymer-based supramolecules.
authors.affiliation: Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerrit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: ten Brinke
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loos
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vukovic
authors.forename: Gerrit Gobius
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: du Sart
mesh_terms: D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008823:Micelles; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers