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Explosive dissolution and trapping of block copolymer seed crystallites

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dc.contributor.authorGuerin, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorRupar, Paul A.
dc.contributor.authorManners, Ian
dc.contributor.authorWinnik, Mitchell A.
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Toronto
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Bristol
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:18:48Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:18:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractEnhanced control over crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) of coil-crystalline block copolymers has led to the formation of intricate structures with well-defined morphology and dimensions. While approaches to build those sophisticated structures may strongly differ from each other, they all share a key cornerstone: a polymer crystallite. Here we report a trapping technique that enables tracking of the change in length of one-dimensional (1D) polymer crystallites as they are annealed in solution at different temperatures. Using the similarities between 1D polymeric micelles and bottle-brush polymers, we developed a model explaining how the dissolving crystallites reach a critical size independent of the annealing temperature, and then explode in a cooperative process involving the remaining polymer chains of the crystallites. This model also allows us to demonstrate the role of the distribution in seed core crystallinity on the dissolution of the crystallites.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationGuerin, G., Rupar, P. A., Manners, I., & Winnik, M. A. (2018). Explosive dissolution and trapping of block copolymer seed crystallites. In Nature Communications (Vol. 9, Issue 1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03528-x
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-018-03528-x
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2673-2141
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4997-0561
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-116X
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11284
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNature Portfolio
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMONODISPERSE CYLINDRICAL MICELLES
dc.subjectCONTROLLED LENGTH
dc.subjectCO-MICELLES
dc.subjectELONGATED MICELLES
dc.subjectSINGLE-CRYSTALS
dc.subjectGROWTH
dc.subjectARCHITECTURES
dc.subjectCOMICELLES
dc.subject1D
dc.subjectFRAGMENTATION
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.titleExplosive dissolution and trapping of block copolymer seed crystallitesen_US
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