Journal
POLYMER
Volume 179, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121689
Keywords
Cyclodextrin; Self-assembly; Microstructure
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- ImPACT Program (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
- OPERANDO-OIL
- JST-Mirai Program [JPMJMI18A2]
- [JP16K17909]
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To construct well-defined microstructures, strict controls of the temperature and sophisticated techniques are generally required because microstructure formation is usually based on crystallization, which easily results in a kinetic trap of disordered structures. Herein, we report the formation of various microstructures such as rods, cubes, plates, and nanosheets via supramolecular self-assembly between gamma-cyclodextrin (CD) and polyethers in water without temperature change. We revealed the relationships between the guest polymer structures and the resulting microstructure: (1) Short guest homopolymers lead to the formation of rod microstructures, whilst long congeners result in plates. (2) A hydrophilic backbone polymer is necessary to isolate the plates in water, otherwise hydrophobic interaction leads to aggregation of the plates and the formation of polycrystalline gamma-CD complexes. (3) Spatial confinement of the gamma-CDs on the central segment of a guest triblock copolymer plays a key role in the fabrication of nanosheets with uniform thickness.
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