An Ordered Network Polymer of Bicontinuous Cubic Structure Resulting from Photo-Polymerization of a Coil-Rod-Coil Molecule Self-Assembly

摘要

An important research subject in the fields of electronics, biomimetric chemistry, and materials science is the design and preparation of three dimensionally (3-D) ordered nanometer-scale polymers with well-defined shape and size. Specific properties of these polymers are dramatically improved by their self-organization. Generally, 3-D ordered polymers were prepared using an intrinsically cross-linkable Lyotropic Liquid Crystal (LLC) system. However, this methodology cannot be extended to other systems, such as the ABA type rod-coil molecular liquid crystalline system containing the hydrophobic coil segment or the amphiphilic molecules which don't form LLC at ambient temperatures.