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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Synthesis of Supramolecular A8 Bn Miktoarm Star Copolymers by Host-Guest Complexation
Natsumi Nitta1, Shin-Ichi Kihara2, Takeharu Haino3,4
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan.
Abstract:
We report a new synthetic method to construct supramolecular A8 Bn (n=1, 2, 4) miktoarm star copolymers by host-guest complexation between a resorcinarene-based coordination capsule possessing eight polystyrene chains and 4,4-diacetoxybiphenyl guest molecules that retain one, two or four polymethyl acrylate chains. The formation of the supramolecular A8 Bn (n=1, 2, 4) miktoarm star copolymers was confirmed by dynamic light scattering (DLS), size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements revealed that the miktoarm copolymers were phase-separated in the bulk. The micro-Brownian motion of the A8 B4 structure was markedly enhanced in the bulk due to a weak segregation interaction between the immiscible arms.
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