Recent Advances in the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 982
Special Issue Editors
Interests: controlled polymer synthesis by radical polymerization with reversible chain deactivation; synthesis and self-organization of block copolymers and gradient copolymers; synthesis of acrylonitrile copolymers as potential carbon fiber precursors and study of their properties
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to the study of block copolymers and their self-assembly. Modern synthetic chemistry offers the possibility to design block copolymers with required functionalities, directly embodying the “code” that drives their self-assembly in bulk or their solution into chemically distinct domains with size and periodicity in the order of 10–100 nm. A large variety of distinct periodic morphologies, including simple, complex or even hierarchical assemblies can be obtained via the proper selection of macromolecules, the length and the order of the blocks, the degree of block incompatibility, and the chain architecture. These aggregates provide an inexpensive route to generate large-area nanostructured materials with potential or practical applications in many fields. To highlight the progress on block copolymer self-assembly, the controlled synthesis of new functional block copolymers with desired molecular architecture and morphology, modern insights in the physics of the directed self-assembly, including its theory and simulations, and major applications of block copolymers in drug delivery, soft lithography, porous materials, etc., are considered in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Elena V. Chernikova
Dr. Elena Yu Kozhunova
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- block copolymers
- living polymerization
- reversible-deactivation radical polymerization
- polymerization-induced self-assembly
- self-assembly
- morphology
- microphase separation
- stimulus-responsive block copolymers
- theory and simulations
- functional nanomaterials
