Chemically Fueled Block Copolymer Self-Assembly into Transient Nanoreactors**

Michaela A. Würbser, Patrick S. Schwarz, Jonas Heckel, Alexander M. Bergmann, Andreas Walther, Job Boekhoven

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Abstract

In chemically fueled supramolecular materials, molecular self-assembly is coupled to a fuel-driven chemical reaction cycle. The fuel-dependence makes the material dynamic and endows it with exciting properties like adaptivity and autonomy. In contrast to the large work on the self-assembly of small molecules, we herein designed a diblock copolymer, which self-assembles into transient micelles when coupled to a fuel-driven chemical reaction cycle. Moreover, we used these transient block copolymer micelles to locally increase the concentration of hydrophobic reagents and thereby function as a transient nanoreactor.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2100015
JournalChemSystemsChem
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

Keywords

  • block copolymer
  • chemical fuel
  • reaction cycles
  • self-assembly
  • transient nanoreactor

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