Counterintuitive consequences of competitive pathways in supramolecular polymerizations

Mathijs F.J. Mabesoone; Bert Meijer

doi:10.1002/pola.29456

Counterintuitive consequences of competitive pathways in supramolecular polymerizations

Mathijs F.J. Mabesoone, Bert Meijer (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Competition between supramolecular polymers for the same monomers can lead to strong responses in these systems. Using numerical simulations, we show that the sharpness and asymmetry of the transition from one thermodynamically stable polymer to another upon changing temperature is determined by the most unstable rather than the most stable supramolecular polymer. The width and asymmetry of the transitions are shown to depend on the relative and absolute nucleation penalties of the competing supramolecular polymerizations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-29
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume	58
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.29456
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

Bibliographical note

Volume58, Issue1

Special Issue: Special Issue in Honor of Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

January 1, 2020

Pages 25-29

Funding

Elisabeth Weyandt and Marcin Ślęczkowski are acknowledged for fruitful discussions. The authors acknowledge the financial support from NWO (TOP‐PUNT Grant 10018944) and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Gravitation program 024.001.035).

Funders	Funder number
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap	024.001.035
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek	10018944

Keywords

competition
cooperativity
nucleation
simulations
supramolecular structures

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