Miktoarm Stars via Grafting-Through Copolymerization:
Self-Assembly and the Star-to-Bottlebrush Transition
Posted on 2019-02-12 - 15:13
The
grafting-through copolymerization of two distinct macromonomers
via ring-opening metathesis polymerization is typically used to form
statistical or diblock bottlebrush polymers with large total backbone
degrees of polymerization (NBB) relative
to that of the side-chains (NSC). Here,
we demonstrate that Grubbs-type chemistry in the opposite limit, namely NBB ≪ NSC,
produces well-defined materials with excellent control over ensemble-averaged
properties, including molar mass, dispersity, composition, and number
of branch points. The dependence of self-assembly on these molecular
design parameters was systematically probed using small-angle X-ray
scattering and self-consistent field theoretic simulations. Our analysis
supports the notion that two-component bottlebrush copolymers with
small NBB behave like miktoarm star polymers.
The star-to-bottlebrush transition is quantifiable for both statistical
and diblock sequences by unique signatures in the experimental scaling
of domain spacing and simulated distribution of backbone/side-chain
density within lamellar unit cells. These findings represent a conceptual
framework that simplifies the synthesis of miktoarm star polymers
when dispersity in the number of arms and composition can be tolerated.
The analytical approach introduced to distinguish chain conformations
in complex macromolecules also complements previous methods, for example,
form factor scattering and rheology.
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Levi, Adam E.; Lequieu, Joshua; Horne, Jacob D.; Bates, Morgan W.; Ren, Jing M.; Delaney, Kris T.; et al. (2019). Miktoarm Stars via Grafting-Through Copolymerization:
Self-Assembly and the Star-to-Bottlebrush Transition. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02321
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AUTHORS (8)
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Adam E. Levi
JL
Joshua Lequieu
JH
Jacob D. Horne
MB
Morgan W. Bates
JR
Jing M. Ren
KD
Kris T. Delaney
GF
Glenn H. Fredrickson
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Christopher M. Bates