TY  - JOUR
A1  - Marsat, Jean-Noel
A1  - Heydenreich, Matthias
A1  - Kleinpeter, Erich
A1  - Berlepsch, Hans V.
A1  - Boettcher, Christoph
A1  - Laschewsky, André
T1  - Self-Assembly into multicompartment micelles and selective solubilization by Hydrophilic-Lipophilic-Fluorophilic block copolymers
JF  - Macromolecules : a publication of the American Chemical Society
N2  - Amphiphilic linear ternary block copolymers (ABC) were synthesized in three consecutive steps by the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) method. Using oligo(ethylene oxide) monomethyl ether acrylate, benzyl acrylate, and 1H,1H-perfluorobutyl acrylate monomers, the triblock copolymers consist of a hydrophilic (A), a lipophilic (B), and a fluorophilic (C) block. The block sequence of the triphilic copolymers was varied systematically to provide all possible variations: ABC, ACB, and BAC. All blocks have glass transition temperatures below 0 degrees C. Self-assembly into spherical micellar aggregates was observed in aqueous solution, where hydrophobic cores undergo local phase separation into various ultrastructures as shown by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). Selective solubilization of substantial quantities of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon low molar mass compounds by the lipophilic and fluorophilic block, respectively, is demonstrated.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/ma200032j
SN  - 0024-9297
VL  - 44
IS  - 7
SP  - 2092
EP  - 2105
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Skrabania, Katja
A1  - Laschewsky, André
A1  - von Berlepsch, Hans
A1  - Boettcher, Christoph
T1  - Synthesis and micellar self-assembly of ternary hydrophilic-lipophilic-fluorophilic block copolymers with a linear PEO chain
N2  - Linear amphiphilic diblock and ternary triblock copolymers were synthesized by the RAFT method in two successive steps using a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) macrochain transfer agent, butyl or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, and 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyl acrylate. The diblock and the triblock copolymers, which consist of a hydrophilic, a lipophilic, and a short fluorophilic block, self-assemble in water into spherical micellar aggregates. Imaging by cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) revealed that the micellar cores of the aggregates made from these "triphilic" copolymers can undergo local phase separation to form a unique ultrastructure. In these multicompartment micelles, it appears that extended nonspherical domains, presumably made of nanocrystallites of the fluorocarbon block, are embedded in the hydrocarbon matrix forming the spherical micellar core. This novel internal structure of a micellar core is attributed to the mutual incompatibility of the fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon side chains in combination with the tendency of the used fluorocarbon acrylate monomer to undergo side-chain crystallization.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://pubs.acs.org/journal/langd5
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/La900253j
SN  - 0743-7463
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - von Berlepsch, Hans
A1  - Boettcher, Christoph
A1  - Skrabania, Katja
A1  - Laschewsky, André
T1  - Complex domain architecture of multicompartment micelles from a linear ABC triblock copolymer revealed by cryogenic electron tomography
N2  - Cryo-electron tomography of raspberry-like multicompartment micelles formed by a linear ABC triblock copolymer in water revealed that the fluorocarbon domains may be dispersed all over the hydrocarbon core.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://xlink.rsc.org/jumptojournal.cfm?journal_code=CC
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/B903658j
SN  - 1359-7345
ER  -