Dynamic Origin and Thermally Induced Evolution of New Self-Assembled Aggregates from an Amphiphilic Comb-Like Graft Copolymer: A Multiscale and Multimorphological Procedure
writer：G Wu, SC Chen, XL Wang, KK Yang, YZ Wang
keywords：amphiphiles，microstructures，polymers，self-assembly，temperature responsivity
source：期刊
specific source：Chemistry-A European Journal
Issue time：2012年
New aggregates with a snowflake-like superstructure are prepared by facile and low-cost water-phase self-assembly of an amphiphilic comb-like graft copolymer, and their origin involving dynamic disorder–order structural evolution from nano- to microscale is revealed (see figure). Furthermore, aggregates perform a unique thermally induced multimorphological change leading to cluster-like nanostructures.