2016•Chemical CommunicationsRequires access

Branched and crosslinked supracolloidal chains with diblock copolymer micelles having three well-defined patches

Sanghwa Lee, Sukwoo Jang, Kyungtae Kim, Jonghyuk Jeon, Sung‐Soo Kim, Byeong‐Hyeok Sohn

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We report controlled branching and eventual crosslinking in supracolloidal chains by introducing well-defined trifunctional patchy micelles. Uniform micelles having three patches were induced from core-crosslinked micelles of diblock copolymers. Three patches in the micelles served as functional groups for crosslinking as well as branching in supracolloidal polymerization.

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Key concepts: Micelle, Branching (polymer chemistry), Copolymer, Polymer chemistry, Polymerization, Materials science, Chemical engineering, Polymer science