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    Jiang, Yivan; Golder, Matthew R; Nguyen, Hung V.-T; Wang, Yufeng; Zhong, Mingjiang; Barnes, Jonathan C; Ehrlich, Deborah J. C; Johnson, Jeremiah A

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 08/2016, Letnik: 138, Številka: 30
    Journal Article

    Studies on the phase segregation of unimolecular block copolymers (BCPs) are limited by a lack of reliable, versatile methods for the synthesis of such polymers on the preparative scale. Herein, we describe an advancement of Iterative Exponential Growth (IEG) wherein chiral allyl-based IEG oligomers are subjected to thiol–ene reactions and converted into unimolecular BCPs. With this strategy we have synthesized uniform BCPs with molar masses up to 12.1 kDa on ∼1 g scale. BCPs composed of decane-based side chains and either triethyleneglycol- or thioglycerol-based side chains phase-segregate into hexagonal cylinder morphologies. The assembly is not driven by side-chain crystallization, but is instead the result of amorphous BCP assembly.