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Morphological transformations of nonequilibrium assemblies of amphiphilic diblock copolymer

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Amphiphilic diblock copolymer polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-PEO) assembled into nonequilibrium bicontinuous structures or mixture of vesicles, bilayers and nanorods upon rapid micellization induced by rapid addition of selective solvent (water) into the PS-PEO solutions in a common solvent (dimethyl formamide) with different concentrations. These kinetically trapped assemblies were unstable and slowly evolved into thermodynamically favorable spheres and vesicles. The addition of non-ionic surfactant Pluronic P123 upon rapid micellization generated novel nanocages and flower-like vesicles. The nanocages spontaneously transformed into tubules capped with vesicles. These novel assemblies are beyond the classic phase diagram of block copolymer self-assemblies, especially for those primarily based on thermodynamics.

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    Yang Cong, Qi Zhou, Bin Chen & Jianghua Fang

  2. Polymer and Composites Division, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 519 Zhuangshi Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315201, China

    Jun Fu

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Cong, Y., Zhou, Q., Chen, B. et al. Morphological transformations of nonequilibrium assemblies of amphiphilic diblock copolymer. Colloid J 76, 774–781 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X14060064

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