Solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection for preparing nanostructured materials from micelles to hydrogels

Chao Lang; Jacob A. LaNasa; Nyalaliska Utomo; Yifan Xu; Melissa J. Nelson; Woochul Song; Michael A. Hickner; Ralph H. Colby; Manish Kumar; Robert J. Hickey

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11804-7

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection for preparing nanostructured materials from micelles to hydrogels

Chao Lang,
Jacob A. LaNasa,
Nyalaliska Utomo,
Yifan Xu,
Melissa J. Nelson,
Woochul Song,
Michael A. Hickner,
Ralph H. Colby,
Manish Kumar,
Robert J. Hickey

Affiliations

Chao Lang: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Jacob A. LaNasa: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Nyalaliska Utomo: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Yifan Xu: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Melissa J. Nelson: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Woochul Song: Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael A. Hickner: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Ralph H. Colby: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Manish Kumar: Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Robert J. Hickey: Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11804-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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ABA triblock copolymer self-assembly has been focussed on equilibrium nanostructures, while little is known on the guiding principles of nanostructure formation during non-equilibrium processing conditions. Here the authors show how to control ABA triblock copolymer hierarchical structures using solvent-non-solvent rapid-injection processing.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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