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Controlling the Size, Shape and Stability of Supramolecular Polymers in Water
Published on: August 2, 2012
複数の長さのスケールを持つ超分子ポリマー材料の切り替え
Ruokolainen1, Makinen, Torkkeli
1J. Ruokolainen and O. Ikkala, Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland. R. Makinen, M. Torkkeli, R. Serimaa, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Post Office B.
まとめ
研究者は,相変化を制御することによって,調整可能なポリマーナノ構造を作り出した. これらの構造は,温度に依存する電気伝導性を示し,高度な材料のための可能性を秘めています.
科学分野:
- ポリマー科学と工学 ポリマー科学と工学
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
背景:
- ポリメリック上分子ナノ構造は,調節可能な階層的な秩序-乱れと秩序-秩序の移行を提供します.
- これらの移行を制御することで,材料の機能的性質を同時に切り替えることができます.
- ディブロックコポリマーは,複雑な自己組み立て構造を作成するための多用途のプラットフォームを提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- ポリメリックナノ構造における階層的な秩序-乱れと秩序-順序の移行を直接的に調整することを実証する.
- マイクロ構造的移行を制御することによって,機能的特性,特に電気伝導性の同時スイッチングを調査する.
- ブロックコポリマーと超分子複合性を用いて制御された自己組織化された構造体内の構造物を達成する.
主な方法:
- ポリ・・・4-ビニルピリジン (P4VP) とメタン硫酸 (MSA) のステイキオメトリックプロトネーションにより,P4VP (MSA) を形成する1.0.0.
- ペンタデシルフェノールによるP4VP (MSA) 1.0の水素結合複合.
- MSAとペンタデシルフェノールの複合は,マイクロフェーズ分離型ディブロックコポリマーポリ[スタイレンブロック-[4-ビニルピリジン]]のP4VPブロックに結合する.
- マイクロフェーズ分離,再入閉ループマクロフェーズ分離,高温マクロフェーズ分離の観察.
主要な成果:
- 2つの異なる長さスケール (48および350アングストーム) で,自己組織化された構造体内の構造体における階層的な相変化の体系的な制御を達成しました.
- 微細構造制御による電気伝導性の温度依存の移行を誘導する能力を実証した.
- マイクロフェーズ分離,再入入閉ループマクロフェーズ分離,高温マクロフェーズ分離を含む様々な相分離行動が観察されました.
結論:
- 制御された階層的移行を持つポリメリック上分子ナノ構造は,調整可能な機能特性を可能にします.
- 開発された方法は,複数の長さのスケールで自己組み立て構造を正確に制御することを可能にします.
- このアプローチは,高度なアプリケーションのために,切り替え可能な電気伝導性を有する材料を設計するための経路を提供します.
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