ROMPI-CDSA: Ring-opening metathesis polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly of metallo-block copolymers

Ye Sha, Md Anisur Rahman, Tianyu Zhu, Yujin Cha, C. Wayne McAlister, Chuanbing Tang

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Abstract

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) are among the most prevailing methods for block copolymer self-assembly. Taking the merits of scalability of PISA and dimension control of CDSA, we report one-pot synchronous PISA and CDSA via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) to prepare nano-objects based on a crystalline poly(ruthenocene) motif. We denote this self-assembly methodology as ROMPI-CDSA to enable a simple, yet robust approach for the preparation of functional nanomaterials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9782-9787
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Science
Volume10
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program under NSF Award # OIA-1655740.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program
National Sleep FoundationOIA-1655740

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