Watching block copolymer self-assembly with liquid phase transmission electron microscopy

Hanglong Wu; Alessandro Ianiro; Mark van Rijt; Catarina de Carvalho Esteves; Heiner Friedrich; Remco Tuinier; Nico Sommerdijk; Joseph Patterson

Watching block copolymer self-assembly with liquid phase transmission electron microscopy

Hanglong Wu, Alessandro Ianiro, Mark van Rijt, Catarina de Carvalho Esteves, Heiner Friedrich, Remco Tuinier, Nico Sommerdijk, Joseph Patterson

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Abstract

Amphiphilic block copolymers in soln. can assembly into a wide range of colloidal materials, which have been widely investigated as drug delivery vehicles and catalytic nanoreactors. Due to their kinetically trapped nature, self-assembly is often performed using the solvent switch protocol. While numerous exptl. and theor. investigations into the mechanism of self-assembly have been conducted in an effort to gain more control over this process, there has never been a real-time, real space investigation of the assembly process on the nanoscale. Here we present the first observation of block copolymer assembly via the solvent switch process using liq. phase transmission electron microscopy. We show the formation of polymer vesicles, cylindrical micelles and multicompartmental structures and discuss the different mechanisms of self-assembly with supporting data from ex-situ cryoTEM measurements and SCF (SCF) lattice computations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Abstracts of Papers, 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
Publisher	American Chemical Society
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2018
Event	255th ACS National Meeting - New Orleans Convention Center, New Orleans, United States Duration: 18 Mar 2018 → 22 Mar 2018

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Conference	255th ACS National Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	18/03/18 → 22/03/18

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Wu, H, Ianiro, A, van Rijt, M, de Carvalho Esteves, C , Friedrich, H , Tuinier, R, Sommerdijk, N & Patterson, J 2018, Watching block copolymer self-assembly with liquid phase transmission electron microscopy. in Abstracts of Papers, 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition., POLY 295, American Chemical Society,

255th ACS National Meeting

, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 18/03/18.

Watching block copolymer self-assembly with liquid phase transmission electron microscopy. / Wu, Hanglong; Ianiro, Alessandro; van Rijt, Mark et al.
Abstracts of Papers, 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. American Chemical Society, 2018. POLY 295.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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