Department of Polymer Science, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University , San Marcos, Texas 78666, United States.
ACS Cent Sci. 2016 Jan 27;2(1):48-54. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00385.
Herein we introduce a unique synthetic methodology to prepare a library of giant molecules with multiple, precisely arranged nano building blocks, and illustrate the influence of minute structural differences on their self-assembly behaviors. The T8 polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanoparticles are orthogonally functionalized and sequentially attached onto the end of a hydrophobic polymer chain in either linear or branched configuration. The heterogeneity of primary chemical structure in terms of composition, surface functionality, sequence, and topology can be precisely controlled and is reflected in the self-assembled supramolecular structures of these giant molecules in the condensed state. This strategy offers promising opportunities to manipulate the hierarchical heterogeneities of giant molecules via precise and modular assemblies of various nano building blocks.
在此,我们介绍了一种独特的合成方法,用于制备具有多个精确排列的纳米结构单元的巨型分子库,并说明了微小结构差异对其自组装行为的影响。八面体低聚倍半硅氧烷(POSS)纳米粒子被正交官能化,并以线性或支化构型依次连接到疏水性聚合物链的末端。通过组成、表面官能团、序列和拓扑结构等方面的初级化学结构的异质性可以得到精确控制,并反映在这些巨型分子在凝聚态下的自组装超分子结构中。该策略为通过各种纳米结构单元的精确和模块化组装来操纵巨型分子的层次异质性提供了有前途的机会。