Compartmentalised Supramolecular Structures through CB[8]-mediated Hierarchical Self Assembly

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We have recently developed a method to prepare a wide variety of amphiphilic diblock copolymers through a supramolecular linkage that is stable in water. This has been achieved through the use of a macrocyclic host molecule cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) capable of complexing two guest molecules simultaneously forming a ternary complex with a Ka on the order of 1015 M-1. Upon mixing, the two homopolymers bearing the selective endgroups with CB[8], an AB diblock copolymer is formed which can undergo further self assembly into a variety of compartmentalised structures, such as spherical and cylindrical micelles and vesicles. The formation of a specific structure as well as its overall size can be easily controlled by the ratio of the two homopolymers and we aim to study the architectural details of a range of achievable structures via SANS, using deuterated versions of the hydrophobic block.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24079725
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24079725
Provenance
Creator Dr Cecile Dreiss; Professor Oren Scherman
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2013
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-05-14T06:30:51Z
Temporal Coverage End 2010-05-18T08:05:25Z