Title data
Brendel, Johannes C. ; Catrouillet, Sylvain ; Sanchis, Joaquin ; Jolliffe, Katrina A. ; Perrier, Sébastien:
Shaping block copolymer micelles by supramolecular polymerization : making "tubisomes".
In: Polymer Chemistry.
Vol. 10
(2019)
Issue 20
.
- pp. 2616-2625.
ISSN 1759-9954
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9PY00179D
Abstract in another language
Amphiphilic block copolymers in water usually self-assemble into spherical objects such as micelles or vesicles. Wormlike micelles are only formed in a small range of the block ratios. In all other cases an additional driving force is required to compel these materials into an anisotropic shape. To date crystallization processes have been the major force exploited to provide the necessary energy. Here, we demonstrate that supramolecular interactions can transform amorphous block copolymers which normally adopt a spherical configuration into a rigid cylindrical micelle called a tubisome. To create this force planar cyclic peptides (CP) are inserted at the interface between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains of amphiphilic block copolymers. The CPs form strong hydrogen bonds creating multiple stacks of the peptides or a so-called supramolecular polymer. As a result, the conjugates of these CP and amphiphilic polymer blocks self-assemble into tubisomes independent of the ratio of the attached hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers, while the respective pristine block copolymers vary in their micelle shape. Cylinder lengths of 200 nm to 400 nm and core radii between 8 nm to 10 nm are obtained which solely depends on the size of the hydrophobic block.
Further data
Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry I Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry I > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry I - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes C. Brendel |
Result of work at the UBT: | No |
DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2024 08:09 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 07:39 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/88568 |