Unimer Exchange Is not Necessary for Morphological Transitions in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly.

Autor: Debrie C; Sorbonne Université & CNRS (UMR 8232), Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Polymer Chemistry Team, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France., Coudert N; Le Mans Université & CNRS (UMR 6283), Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085, Le Mans Cedex 9, France., Guigner JM; Sorbonne Université &CNRS, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), UMR 7590-IRD-MNHN, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France., Nicolai T; Le Mans Université & CNRS (UMR 6283), Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085, Le Mans Cedex 9, France., Stoffelbach F; Sorbonne Université & CNRS (UMR 8232), Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Polymer Chemistry Team, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France., Colombani O; Le Mans Université & CNRS (UMR 6283), Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085, Le Mans Cedex 9, France., Rieger J; Sorbonne Université & CNRS (UMR 8232), Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Polymer Chemistry Team, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) [Angew Chem Int Ed Engl] 2023 Feb 13; Vol. 62 (8), pp. e202215134. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 16.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215134
Abstrakt: Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has established itself as a powerful and straightforward method to produce polymeric nano-objects of various morphologies in (aqueous) solution. Generally, spheres are formed in the early stages of polymerization that may evolve to higher order morphologies (worms or vesicles), as the solvophobic block grows during polymerization. Hitherto, the mechanisms involved in these morphological transitions during PISA are still not well understood. Combining a systematic study of a representative PISA system with rheological measurements, we demonstrate that-unexpectedly-unimer exchange is not necessary to form higher order morphologies during radical RAFT-mediated PISA. Instead, in the investigated aqueous PISA, the monomer present in the polymerization medium is responsible for the morphological transitions, even though it slows down unimer exchange.
(© 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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