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Sequence isomeric giant surfactants with distinct self-assembly behaviors in solution

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: We have designed and synthesized a pair of sequence isomeric giant surfactants based on polystyrene (PS) and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles. Although these two macromolecules possess identical compositions as "sequence isomers", the distinctly arranged POSS sequences lead to different molecular packing conformations, and further induce distinguished self-assembly behaviors in DMF/water solutions.

Source: Chemical Communications

DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09207a

Authors: Wei Zhang, Wenpeng Shan, Shuailin Zhang, Yuchu Liu, Hao Su, Jiancheng Luo, Yanfeng Xia, Tao Li, Chrys Wesdemiotis, Tianbo Liu, Honggang Cui, Yiwen Li, Stephen Z. D. Cheng

Institutions: University of Akron, Johns Hopkins University, Northern Illinois University, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, Sichuan University, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, South China University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Awards: Mass Spectrometry Methods for the Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Functional Materials, G1636138530, Precisely Functionalized Molecular Nanoparticles are Fundamental and Unique Elements for Macromolecular Science

OpenAlex ID: W2905385302

FWCI: 1.369

Cites: 41

Cited by: 22

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