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Synthesis and thermal properties of diblock copolymers utilizing non-covalent interactions |
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| Authors: | Bas G.G. Lohmeijer Helmut Schlaad Ulrich S. Schubert |
| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Macromolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience, Eindhoven University of Technology and Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P. O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;2. Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Am Mühlenberg, 14476 Golm, Germany |
| Abstract: | Diblock copolymers of poly(styrene) and poly(ethylene oxide) were prepared utilizing a bisterpyridine ruthenium complex as non-covalent interaction for the connection of the two blocks. Apart from the synthesis and characterization of four metallo-supramolecular block copolymers, first studies on the thermal properties of the block copolymers have been performed. A complex crystallization behavior was observed and is described in a qualitative fashion. The influence of the metal complex on the thermal stability of the metallo-supramolecular block copolymers remains a question for further investigation. |
| Keywords: | block copolymers differential scanning calorimetry supramolecular chemistry synthesis terpyridine |