Abstract
For the last decades, amphiphilic block copolymers have been at the focus of extensive scientific interest, due to their unique properties and numerous potential applications. Their technological potential evolves from their ability to self-assemble into a plethora of morphologically diverse nanostructures such as micelles, polymersomes, cylinders and others. In this chapter, we discuss the basic principles governing amphiphilic block copolymer self-organisation in solutions and the variety of morphologies observed so far, as well as the experimental techniques available for characterising such nanostructures. Some representative examples of self-assembly from nonionic and ionic amphiphilic block copolymers of different macromolecular architectures are also presented.
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Abbreviations
- AFM:
-
Atomic force microscopy
- AUC:
-
Analytical ultracentrifugation
- cmc:
-
Critical micelle concentration
- (cryo-)TEM:
-
(cryogenic) Transmission electron microscopy
- DLS:
-
Dynamic light scattering
- DMF:
-
Dimethylformamide
- NMR:
-
Nuclear magnetic resonance
- P2VP:
-
Poly(2-vinylpyridine)
- P4VP:
-
Poly(4-vinylpyridine)
- P4VPDecI:
-
Poly(4-vinylpyridine decyliodide)
- P4VPMeI:
-
Poly(4-vinylpyridine methyliodide)
- PAA:
-
Poly(acrylic acid)
- PAI:
-
Poly(5-(NN-diethylaminoisoprene))
- PBD:
-
Polybutadiene
- PBO:
-
Poly(butylene oxide)
- PCL:
-
Poly(ε-caprolactone)
- PDEAEMA:
-
Poly(N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate)
- PDMAEMA:
-
Poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)
- PDMS:
-
Poly(dimethylsiloxane)
- PEE:
-
Poly(ethylethylene)
- PEG:
-
Poly(ethylene glycol)
- PEHA:
-
Poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate)
- PEO:
-
Poly(ethylene oxide)
- PEP:
-
Poly(ethylene-alt-propylene)
- PSGMA:
-
Poly(sulfonated glycidyl methacrylate)
- PI:
-
Polyisoprene
- PIB:
-
Poly(isobutylene)
- PISC:
-
Poly((sulfamate-carboxylate)isoprene)
- PMA:
-
Poly(methyl acrylate)
- PMAA:
-
Poly(methacrylic acid)
- PMMA:
-
Poly(methyl methacrylate)
- PMOXA:
-
Poly(2-methyloxazoline)
- PnBA:
-
Poly(n-butyl acrylate)
- PnBMA:
-
Poly(n-butyl methacrylate)
- PPO:
-
Poly(propylene oxide)
- PS:
-
Polystyrene
- PSS:
-
Poly(styrene sulfonate)
- PSSH:
-
Poly(styrene sulfonic acid)
- PSSNa:
-
Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate)
- PtBA:
-
Poly(tert-butyl acrylate)
- PtBMA:
-
Poly(tert-butyl methacrylate)
- SANS:
-
Small-angle neutron scattering
- SAXS:
-
Small-angle X-ray scattering
- SEC:
-
Size exclusion chromatography
- SEM:
-
Scanning electron microscopy
- SLS:
-
Static light scattering
- THF:
-
Tetrahydrofuran
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Karayianni, M., Pispas, S. (2016). Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers in Selective Solvents. In: Procházka, K. (eds) Fluorescence Studies of Polymer Containing Systems. Springer Series on Fluorescence, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26788-3_2
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