Engineering the morphology of hydrogen-bonded comb-shaped supramolecular polymers: from solution self-assembly to confined assembly
Senbin Chen, Zhen Geng, Xihuang Zheng, Jiangping Xu, Wolfgang H. Binder, Jintao Zhu
Abstract
A library of nanostructures and multi-stage morphology transformation are realized by introducing a 3D confined assembly to hydrogen-bonded comb-shaped supramolecular polymer architectures.
Topics & Concepts
Morphology (biology)Supramolecular polymersSupramolecular chemistryPolymerSelf-assemblyMaterials scienceNanostructureHydrogen bondNanotechnologySupramolecular assemblyPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringHydrogenTransformation (genetics)Polymer scienceCrystallographyChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryMoleculeCrystal structureEngineeringGeneBiologyBiochemistryGeneticsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsPolydiacetylene-based materials and applicationsPolymer composites and self-healing