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.
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.