In this work, we investigated the effect of hydrophobic interactions between the polymeric backbone and chain-end groups on the self-assembly pathway of stearoyl appended side-chain valine（Val）-based poly（methacryl...In this work, we investigated the effect of hydrophobic interactions between the polymeric backbone and chain-end groups on the self-assembly pathway of stearoyl appended side-chain valine（Val）-based poly（methacrylate/acrylate） homopolymers in different organic hydrocarbons. Gelation studies conducted revealed that while polymers with polyacrylate as backbone induces gelation in several organic hydrocarbons, polymers with polymethacrylate in the main-chain significantly hinders macroscopic gelation. Morphology of the organogels was analysed by field emission scanning electron microscopy（FESEM）, and mechanical strengths of the organogels were determined by rheological measurements. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer（RAFT） polymerization chain transfer agents（CTA）s, [R1―S―C=（S）―S―R2] with different ―R1 and ―R2 groups, have been employed to study the effect of structural variation at the chain-end on macroscopic assembly mechanism. We found that the additional interactions between terminal groups via hydrogenbonding or π-π stacking interactions or both help to build up the self-assembly pathway and thereby produces mechanically stable organogels.展开更多
基金Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, New Delhi, India, for financial support (Project: 02(0271)/16/EMR-II dated 02.12.2016)
文摘In this work, we investigated the effect of hydrophobic interactions between the polymeric backbone and chain-end groups on the self-assembly pathway of stearoyl appended side-chain valine（Val）-based poly（methacrylate/acrylate） homopolymers in different organic hydrocarbons. Gelation studies conducted revealed that while polymers with polyacrylate as backbone induces gelation in several organic hydrocarbons, polymers with polymethacrylate in the main-chain significantly hinders macroscopic gelation. Morphology of the organogels was analysed by field emission scanning electron microscopy（FESEM）, and mechanical strengths of the organogels were determined by rheological measurements. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer（RAFT） polymerization chain transfer agents（CTA）s, [R1―S―C=（S）―S―R2] with different ―R1 and ―R2 groups, have been employed to study the effect of structural variation at the chain-end on macroscopic assembly mechanism. We found that the additional interactions between terminal groups via hydrogenbonding or π-π stacking interactions or both help to build up the self-assembly pathway and thereby produces mechanically stable organogels.
