Block Copolymers with Crystallizable Blocks: Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications.

Holger Schmalz,Volker Abetz

doi:10.3390/polym14040696

Abstract

Block copolymers with crystallizable blocks are a highly interesting class of materials owing to their unique self-assembly behaviour both in bulk and solution. This Special Issue brings together new developments in the synthesis and self-assembly of semicrystalline block copolymers and also addresses potential applications of these exciting materials.

Highlights

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First studies on semicrystalline AB diblock, ABA triblock and multiblock copolymers with one crystallizable block based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), polyester blocks like poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), or polyethylene (PE, based on hydrogenated poly(1,4-butadiene)) have already been reported in the mid-1970s to 1980s [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]
An important milestone in this field was the development of ABC triblock terpolymers with one or two crystallizable blocks based on polystyrene-block-poly(1,4-butadiene)-blockpoly(ε-caprolactone) (SBC) and the corresponding hydrogenated analogues with PE middle blocks (SEC), reported first by the group of R

Summary

Introduction

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The bulk morphology and, the properties of semicrystalline block copolymers are influenced by a complex interplay between crystallization and micro phase separation. First studies on semicrystalline AB diblock, ABA triblock and multiblock copolymers with one crystallizable block based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), polyester blocks like poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), or polyethylene (PE, based on hydrogenated poly(1,4-butadiene)) have already been reported in the mid-1970s to 1980s [10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17].

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