Block Copolymers with Crystallizable Blocks: Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications

• Other Authors: Schmalz, Holger (Editor), Abetz, Volker (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA); crystalline-core micelles; patchy micelles; block copolymers; crystal morphologies; polymer crystallization; nucleation mechanism; scaling relations; crystallization-driven self-assembly; calcium alginate hydrogel; cylindrical micelles; poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polymethylene; blends; diblock copolymers; ferroelectric phase; semicrystalline block copolymers; phase separation and crystallization; epitaxial crystallization; nanostructures; kinetics; fragmentation; growth; polypeptoids; crystallization; solution self-assembly; triblock terpolymers; polyethylene (PE); poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO); poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL); tricrystalline spherulites; copolymer; membrane; hydrocarbon; cohesive energy density; gas separation; semicrystalline polymer; 3D confinement; ABC triblock terpolymers; degradation; emulsification; microparticles; n/a
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Block copolymers with crystallizable blocks have moved into the focus of current research, owing to their unique self-assembly behaviour and properties. New synthetic concepts give, for example, even access to tetrablock copolymers with four crystalline blocks, bio-based thermoplastic elastomers (e....