Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature

Kim, Tae-Hwan; Kim, Eunhye; Do, Changwoo; Ahn, Hyungju; Lee, Hoyeon; Han, Young-Soo

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00690

Title: Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature

Abstract

Amphiphilic Pluronic block copolymers have attracted great attention in a broad spectrum of potential applications due to the excellent phase behaviors in an aqueous solution, and many efforts have been made to investigate their phase behaviors under various external conditions. With a variety of external conditions, however, the closed looplike phase behaviors of a Pluronic block copolymer in an aqueous solution have not been reported yet. Herein, we report the closed looplike (CLL) phase behavior of a Pluronic P65 triblock copolymer blended with an organic derivative, 5-methylsalicylic acid (5mS), in aqueous solution, which is very unique for block copolymers. As the 5mS concentration increases, the isotropic to ordered phase or back to isotropic phase transition temperature is decreased while the number of closed loops is increased to two. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a CLL phase transition of a Pluronic block copolymer in an aqueous solution, which is readily applicable to optical devices such as optical sensors or optoelectronics, and nanotemplates for a highly ordered superlattice. Additionally, this provides new insight into the understanding on the phase behavior of a Pluronic block copolymer blended with additives.

Authors:

Kim, Tae-Hwan ^[1]; Kim, Eunhye ^[1]; Do, Changwoo ^[2]; Ahn, Hyungju ^[3]; Lee, Hoyeon ^[4]; Han, Young-Soo ^[1]

Korea Atomic Energy Research Inst. (Korea, Republic of)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
Yonsei Univ. (Korea, Republic of)

Publication Date:: Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1394532

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Macromolecules

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 49; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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                    Kim, Tae-Hwan, Kim, Eunhye, Do, Changwoo, Ahn, Hyungju, Lee, Hoyeon, and Han, Young-Soo. Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Kim, Tae-Hwan, Kim, Eunhye, Do, Changwoo, Ahn, Hyungju, Lee, Hoyeon, & Han, Young-Soo. Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00690

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                    Kim, Tae-Hwan, Kim, Eunhye, Do, Changwoo, Ahn, Hyungju, Lee, Hoyeon, and Han, Young-Soo. Tue .  
"Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00690.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1394532.

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@article{osti_1394532,

  title        = {Anomalistic Self-Assembled Phase Behavior of Block Copolymer Blended with Organic Derivative Depending on Temperature},

  author       = {Kim, Tae-Hwan and Kim, Eunhye and Do, Changwoo and Ahn, Hyungju and Lee, Hoyeon and Han, Young-Soo},

  abstractNote = {Amphiphilic Pluronic block copolymers have attracted great attention in a broad spectrum of potential applications due to the excellent phase behaviors in an aqueous solution, and many efforts have been made to investigate their phase behaviors under various external conditions. With a variety of external conditions, however, the closed looplike phase behaviors of a Pluronic block copolymer in an aqueous solution have not been reported yet. Herein, we report the closed looplike (CLL) phase behavior of a Pluronic P65 triblock copolymer blended with an organic derivative, 5-methylsalicylic acid (5mS), in aqueous solution, which is very unique for block copolymers. As the 5mS concentration increases, the isotropic to ordered phase or back to isotropic phase transition temperature is decreased while the number of closed loops is increased to two. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a CLL phase transition of a Pluronic block copolymer in an aqueous solution, which is readily applicable to optical devices such as optical sensors or optoelectronics, and nanotemplates for a highly ordered superlattice. Additionally, this provides new insight into the understanding on the phase behavior of a Pluronic block copolymer blended with additives.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00690},

  journal      = {Macromolecules},

  number       = 17,

  volume       = 49,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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