Abstract
Diblock copolymers with extreme architectural asymmetry, namely dendritic-linear coil molecules, have recently been exploited in the construction of well-defined Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers1 and the chemical alteration of bulk material surfaces via adsorption. Others have studied the assembly of dendritic-linear hybrid blocks in aqueous solution for solute encapsulation. These studies of supramolecular assembly and surface adsorption/assembly exploit the high density of chemical functionality on the periphery of dendritic molecules and the disparate chemical nature inherent in block copolymers for structure formation via self-assembly from solution. To understand the effects of the architectural asymmetry present in dendritic-linear coil block copolymers on supramolecular self-assembly and structure formation, the bulk phase behavior of two series of benzyl ether dendrimer-polystyrene (PS) linear coil diblocks was characterized.
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