Multicomb polymeric supramolecules and their self-organization

Authors :: Markku Leskelä
Gerrit ten Brinke
Kristian Lappalainen
Sami Valkama
Pascal M. Castro
Mika Torkkeli
Olli Lehtonen
Timo Repo
Ritva Serimaa
Olli Ikkala
Harri Kosonen
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
Source :: Valkama, S, Lehtonen, O, Lappalainen, K, Kosonen, H, Castro, P, Repo, T, Torkkeli, M, Serimaa, R, Brinke, G T, Leskelä, M & Ikkala, O 2003, ' Multicomb polymeric supramolecules and their self-organization : Combination of coordination and ionic interactions ', Macromolecular Rapid Communications, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 556-560 . https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.200390084, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 24(9), 556-560. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2003.
Abstract: Several alkyl side chains are bonded to each polymeric repeat unit using both coordinated ligands and electrostatically bound counterions to directly control the interface curvature of the self‐organized structures. 2,6‐Bis(octylaminomethyl)pyridine is Zn‐coordinated to poly(4‐vinylpyridine) (P4VP) with dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS) counterions, leading to multicomb polymeric supramolecules, poly[(4VP)Zn(2,6‐bis(octylaminomethyl)pyridine)(DBS)2]. Coordination is evidenced by infrared spectroscopy and visualized by quantum chemical calculations. The amorphous hexagonal self‐organized structures are characterized using X‐ray measurements.