title: Anion-dipole interactions make the homopolymers self-assemble into multiple nanostructures.
abstract: Anion-dipole interactions can make homopolymers self-assemble like an amphiphilic block copolymer. Generally, common homopolymers cannot self-assemble into multiple nanostructures. Here, it is reported that anion-dipole interactions can enable a number of homopolymers to achieve a variety of self-assembly behaviors in aqueous solution. Such interactions and self-assembly features have been exclusively reserved for amphiphilic (block) polymers until now.
authors: Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China.
authors: Long-Hai
authors: LH
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
authors: Zi-Dan
authors: ZD
authors: Zhang
authors: Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China.
authors: Chun-Yan
authors: CY
authors: Hong
authors: Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
authors: Xue-Hao
authors: XH
authors: He
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3290, USA.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: You
authors: Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China.
authors: Ye-Zi
authors: YZ
authors: You
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000838:Anions; D004583:Electrons; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry*; D011409:Propylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000838:Anions; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D011108:Polymers; D011145:Polyvinyls; D011409:Propylene Glycols; D013431:Sulfates; D013861:Thiocyanates; C510739:poly(vinyl methyl ether); D014867:Water; C012036:sodium sulfate; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide; C012504:polypropylene glycol; C024553:sodium thiocyanate; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: anion-dipole interactions; homopolymers; self-assembly