Moebius strips of chiral block copolymers

Zhen Geng; Bijin Xiong; Liquan Wang; Ke Wang; Min Ren; Lianbin Zhang; Jintao Zhu; Zhenzhong Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11991-3

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Moebius strips of chiral block copolymers

Zhen Geng,
Bijin Xiong,
Liquan Wang,
Ke Wang,
Min Ren,
Lianbin Zhang,
Jintao Zhu,
Zhenzhong Yang

Affiliations

Zhen Geng: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bijin Xiong: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Liquan Wang: Shanghai Key Lab of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Ke Wang: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Min Ren: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lianbin Zhang: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jintao Zhu: Key Lab of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhenzhong Yang: Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11991-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The Moebius topology is intriguing because of its structural elegance and distinct properties. Here the authors report block copolymer Moebius strips via a fast self-assembly of chiral block copolymer polystyrene-block-poly(D-lactide acid) in tetrahydrofuran/water mixed solvents.

Published in Nature Communications

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