Self-Assembly of Polypeptide/π-Conjugated Polymer/Polypeptide Triblock Copolymers in Rod−Rod−Rod and Coil−Rod−Coil Conformations

Self-assembly of metal-polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers.

Organized arrays of anisotropic nanoparticles show electronic and optical properties that originate from the coupling of shape-dependent properties of the individual nanorods. The organization of nanorods in a controllable and predictable way provides a route to the fabrication of new materials and functional devices. So far, significant progress has been achieved in the self-assembly of nanoro...

Liquid Crystalline Gels by Self-Assembly of Triblock Copolymers

Nucleobase-functionalized ABC triblock copolymers: self-assembly of supramolecular architectures.

RAFT polymerization afforded acrylic ABC triblock copolymers with self-complementary nucleobase-functionalized external blocks and a low-Tg soft central block. ABC triblock copolymers self-assembled into well-defined lamellar microphase-separated morphologies for potential applications as thermoplastic elastomers. Complementary hydrogen bonding within the hard phase facilitated self-assembly an...

Self-assembled architectures from biohybrid triblock copolymers.

The synthesis and self-assembly behavior of biohybrid ABC triblock copolymers consisting of a synthetic diblock, polystyrene-b-polyethylene glycol (PSm-b-PEG113), where m is varied, and a hemeprotein, myoglobin (Mb) or horse radish peroxidase (HRP), is described. The synthetic diblock copolymer is first functionalized with the heme cofactor and subsequently reconstituted with the apoprotein or ...

Tunable, luminescent, and self-healing hybrid hydrogels of polyoxometalates and triblock copolymers based on electrostatic assembly.

Hybrid hydrogels based on electrostatic co-assembly of polyoxometalates and ABA triblock copolymers were readily prepared and exhibit excellent luminescence and self-healing performance.