Yes / Polymer self-assembly in solution is a simple strategy for the preparation of elegant yet complex nanomaterials. However, exhaustive synthesis of the copolymer synthons is often required to access specific assemblies. In this work we show that the blending of just two diblock copolymers with identical block lengths but varying hydrophobic monomer incorporations can be used to access a range of assemblies of intermediate hydrophobic composition. Indeed, the nanostructures produced from blending are identical to those formed with the directly synthesized copolymer of the same composition. This new approach presents researchers with a more efficient and accessible methodology to access precision self-assembled nanostructures, and we highlight its potential by applying it to a demonstrator catalytically active system. / European Science Foundation (ESF), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/15388 |
| Date | 31 August 2015 |
| Creators | Wright, D.B., Patterson, J.P., Pitto-Barry, Anaïs, Lu, A., Kirby, N., Gianneschi, N.C., Chassenieux, C., Colombani, O., O'Reilly, R.K. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | (c) 2015 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccby_termsofuse.html), CC-BY |
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