Microstructure of self-assembled polymer nanoparticles in non-polar solvents

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Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a versatile method that enables the synthesis of diblock copolymer nanoparticles in many solvents. In particular, sterically-stabilized spherical nanoparticles in non-polar solvents represent an interesting model system. We recently prepared a series of such spheres with mean diameters that strongly depended on the degree of polymerization of the stabilizer block. Recently, spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering (SESANS) has been shown to enable precise characterization of the microstructure of polymer colloids. We plan to use this technique to study the structure of poly(stearyl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) (PSMA-PBzMA) spherical nanoparticles to assess the morphology of the stabilizer and core-forming blocks and the degree of solvation, connecting the localized polymer structure to the final nanoparticle size.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.83549865
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/83549865
Provenance
Creator Dr Sarah Canning; Dr Matthew Derry; Dr Adam Washington; Dr Gregory Smith; Dr Jos Cooper
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2019
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 Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-11-28T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-11-30T08:00:00Z