Journal article

Nano-to-macroscale poly(methyl methacrylate) stereocomplex assemblies

TK Goh, JF Tan, SN Guntari, K Satoh, A Blencowe, M Kamigaito, GG Qiao

Angewandte Chemie International Edition | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH | Published : 2009

Abstract

Wecandosomuchtogether: Thestereocomplexationofcomplementarystrandsofstereoregularpoly(methylmethacry late)(PWMA)toformtriple- strandedhelicesledtoafascinatingarrayofPMMAstereocomplexmorpolgies. Thedifferencepolymer- helixassemblieswereConstructedfromasinglesetofcomplementrypolymers(syndiot atic(blueinthepicture)andisotacticPMMA(orange) bysimpletunningofthemixingratioandconcenration © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH &. Co. KCaA.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC)


Awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science


Awarded by Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC)-DuPont Linkage Grant (LP0348853), a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (S) (No. 19675003) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Global COE Program "Elucidation and Design of Materials and Molecular Functions", the Australian Government Endeavour Awards, the University of Melbourne PORES program, and the ARC Nanotechnology Network. We thank Berkay Ozcelik for assistance with microscope imaging and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnoogy (CNST) for use ofthe profilometer.