Towards internal structuring of electrospun fibers by hierarchical self-assembly of polymeric comb-shaped supramolecules

  • T Ruotsalainen
  • , J Turku
  • , P Heikkila
  • , J Ruokolainen
  • , A Nykanen
  • , T Laitinen
  • , M Torkkeli
  • , R Serimaa
  • , G ten Brinke
  • , A Harlin*
  • , O Ikkala
  • , Pirjo Heikkilä
  • , Antti Nykänen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) with nominally one pentadecylphenol molecule hydrogen-bonded to each pyridine group has been electrospun, leading to fibers with a hierarchical, structure-within-structure morphology (see Figure). An internal structure on the nanometer length scale exists within a structure on the tens-of-manometers length scale. Internal porosity can be obtained by selective removal of the amphiphile.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1048-+
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced materials
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18-Apr-2005

Keywords

  • BLOCK-COPOLYMERS
  • MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
  • SURFACE-MORPHOLOGY
  • SOFT MATERIALS
  • LENGTH SCALES
  • FILMS
  • TEMPLATE
  • COLLOIDS

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