The effect of solvent quality on pathway-dependent solution-state self-assembly of an amphiphilic diblock copolymer

• Main Authors: Venkataraman, Shrinivas, Wei, Guangmin, Mineart, Kenneth P., Hedrick, James L., Prabhu, Vivek M., Yang, Yi Yan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; Self Assembly; Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144244
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The cholesterol-functionalized polycarbonate-based diblock copolymer, PEG113-b-P(MTC-Chol)30, forms pathway-dependent nanostructures via dialysis-based solvent exchange. The initial organic solvent that dissolves or disperses the polymer dictates a self-assembly pathway. Depending upon the initial s...