Conversion of Supramolecular Clusters to Macromolecular Objects

  • Eugene R. Zubarev
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • Martin U. Pralle
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • Leiming Li
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
  • Samuel I. Stupp
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

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公開日
1999-01-22
DOI
  • 10.1126/science.283.5401.523
公開者
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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<jats:p>In a reaction proceeding within a nanoscopic volume, supramolecular clusters were transformed to polymer objects while retaining their shape and size. Spatial isolation of the cross-linkable blocks of oligobutadiene that were involved in this stitching reaction was achieved by self-assembly of the molecules that made up the clusters. Thermal activation of cross-linking yielded macromolecules (molecular weight of 70,000) with a narrow size distribution that was similar to that of the supramolecular clusters. The macromolecules obtained have an anisotropic shape (2 nanometers by 8 nanometers), as determined by electron microscopy and small-angle x-ray scattering, and form materials that exhibit a liquid crystalline state.</jats:p>

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    Science 283 (5401), 523-526, 1999-01-22

    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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