TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of structural variation on the self-assembly of bis-urea based bolaamphiphiles
AU - Liu, Jie
AU - Schotman, Maaike J.G.
AU - Hendrix, Marco M.R.M.
AU - Lou, Xianwen
AU - Marín San Román, Patricia P.
AU - Voets, Ilja K.
AU - Sijbesma, Rint P.
PY - 2021/6/15
Y1 - 2021/6/15
N2 - We report on the self-assembly in water of a set of bis-urea amphiphiles. A range of techniques, including dynamic light scattering, Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and MS are used to study the effect of structural variation on the morphology of the assemblies. The length, dispersity, and end-group of the ethylene glycol hydrophilic part of the molecule, as well as of the alkyl chain length are varied to tailor the morphology towards soluble wormlike micelles. Slight modification on molecular structures gave a large difference in self-assembly behavior in water, giving guidelines for the design of rodlike supramolecular fibers with novel functionalities, such as strain-stiffening and bioactivity.
AB - We report on the self-assembly in water of a set of bis-urea amphiphiles. A range of techniques, including dynamic light scattering, Cryo-TEM, SAXS, and MS are used to study the effect of structural variation on the morphology of the assemblies. The length, dispersity, and end-group of the ethylene glycol hydrophilic part of the molecule, as well as of the alkyl chain length are varied to tailor the morphology towards soluble wormlike micelles. Slight modification on molecular structures gave a large difference in self-assembly behavior in water, giving guidelines for the design of rodlike supramolecular fibers with novel functionalities, such as strain-stiffening and bioactivity.
KW - bis-urea bolaamphiphiles
KW - chemical structures
KW - oligo(ethylene glycol)
KW - self-assembly
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85102469098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/pol.20200888
DO - 10.1002/pol.20200888
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102469098
VL - 59
SP - 1162
EP - 1170
JO - Journal of Polymer Science
JF - Journal of Polymer Science
SN - 0022-3832
IS - 12
ER -