Hybrid organic–inorganic block copolymer nano‐objects from RAFT polymerization‐induced self‐assembly |
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| Authors: | Yuanming Deng Cangjie Yang Conghui Yuan Yiting Xu Julien Bernard Lizong Dai Jean‐François Gérard |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory for Fire Retardant Materials of Fujian Province, College of Materials, Xiamen University, , Xiamen, 361005 People Republic of China;2. INSA de Lyon, , 69621 France;3. CNRS, , 69621 France;4. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, , Shenzhen, 518060 China |
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| Abstract: | A simple route to organic–inorganic (O/I) nano‐objects with different morphologies through polymerization‐induced block copolymer self‐assembly is described. The synthetic strategy relies on the chain‐extension of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS)‐containing macro‐CTA (PMAiBuPOSS13 and PMAiBuPOSS19) with styrene at 120 °C in octane, a selective solvent of the POSS‐containing block. The polymerization system was proven to afford a plethora of O/I nano‐objects, such as spherical micelles, cylindrical micelles, and vesicles depending on the respective molar masses of the PMAiBuPOSS and polystyrene (PS) blocks. The cooling procedure was also proven to be a crucial step to generate particles with a unique morphology. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013 , 51, 4558–4564 |
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| Keywords: | block copolymers O/I hybrid nano‐objects Polyhedral oligmeric silsesquioxane reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer Self‐assembly |
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