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MACROMOLECULES
卷 54, 期 6, 页码 2912-2920出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02759
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientfic Research (NWO) [722.017.005]
The study reveals the emergence of temperature-responsive self-assembly behavior in solvent mixtures of intermediate selectivity for block copolymer systems. By tuning the solvency conditions, different phase behaviors can be achieved, offering the potential to induce temperature-responsive properties in a wide range of block copolymer systems.
In highly selective solvents, block copolymers (BCPs) form association colloids, while in solvents with poor selectivity, they exhibit a temperature-controlled (de)mixing behavior. Herein, it is shown that a temperature-responsive self-assembly behavior emerges in solvent mixtures of intermediate selectivity. A biocompatible poly-ethylene(oxide)-block-poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PEO-PCL) BCP is used as a model system. The polymer is dissolved in solvent mixtures containing water (a strongly selective solvent for PEO) and ethanol (a poorly selective solvent for PEO) to tune the solvency conditions. Using synchrotron X-ray scattering, cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, and scanning probe microscopy, it is shown that a rich temperature-responsive behavior can be achieved in certain solvent mixtures. Crystallization of the PCL block enriches the phase behavior of the BCP by promoting sphere-to-cylinder morphology transitions at low temperatures. Increasing the water fraction in the solvent causes a suppression of the sphere-to-cylinder morphology transition. These results open up the possibility to induce temperature-responsive properties on demand in a wide range of BCP systems.
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