Rigid, Helical Arm Stars through Living Nickel Polymerization
of Carbodiimides
Posted on 2017-01-18 - 17:19
Using
the core-first growth strategy, we have synthesized a tris-Ni(II)
initiator which bears three initiating sites for the ensuing polymerization
of N-1-phenethyl-N′-methylcarbodiimide.
The arms of these star polymers bearing chiral side chains adopt single-handed
helical rod-like conformations. The polymerization occurs in a controlled,
living fashion, and this multiarm architecture imparts a new set of
intriguing properties including their self-assembly into diverse nanostructures
when cast from different solvents. These assemblies, characterized
by AFM, TEM, and DLS, include the formation of nanofiber networks
and twisted superhelical nanostructures. Interestingly, by processing
these polymers via electrospraying method, hollow and uniform platelet-like
particles were obtained. These solvent-dependent morphologies of microparticles
were observed by using SEM. The kinetic studies of polymerizations,
inspection of self-aggregation behaviors, and electrosprayed architectures
will open up possibilities for a variety of potential biomedical applications.
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Siriwardane, Dumindika A.; Kulikov, Oleg; Reuther, James F.; Novak, Bruce M. (2017). Rigid, Helical Arm Stars through Living Nickel Polymerization
of Carbodiimides. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02456
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AUTHORS (4)
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Dumindika A. Siriwardane
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Oleg Kulikov
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James F. Reuther
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Bruce M. Novak
KEYWORDS
electrosprayed architecturesmultiarm architectureuniform platelet-like particlesSEMelectrospraying methodpolymerizationsuperhelical nanostructuressolvent-dependent morphologiesself-aggregation behaviorsAFMHelical Arm Starsstar polymersN -1- phenethylDLSLiving Nickel PolymerizationTEMnanofiber networkschiral side chainscore-first growth strategyhelical rod-like conformations