Abstract
AbstractPoly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) was modified with aniline groups at both the end, and then PEG‐PANI rod‐coil block polymers have been synthesized by polymerization of the aniline with the aniline‐modified PEG. FTIR, NMR, and elemental analysis provided the chemical strucutre of the as‐prepared polymers. The achiral rod‐coil copolymer could form different superstructures by means of self‐assembly when adding diethyl ether into its THF solution and the length of PANI segments is a key factor to the superstructures. AFM measurements revealed that they form spring‐like helical superstructures from the short PANI‐containing copolymers while these form fibrous helical superstructures from the longer PANI‐containing copolymer. A possible mechanism of the helical superstructures is suggested in this article and the driving force is believed the π–π stacking of the rigid segment of the copolymers. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 12–20, 2008
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