ROMPI-CDSA: ring-opening metathesis polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly of metallo-block copolymers

Ye Sha; Md Anisur Rahman; Tianyu Zhu; Yujin Cha; C Wayne McAlister; Chuanbing Tang

doi:10.1039/c9sc03056e

ROMPI-CDSA: ring-opening metathesis polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly of metallo-block copolymers

Chem Sci. 2019 Sep 4;10(42):9782-9787. doi: 10.1039/c9sc03056e. eCollection 2019 Nov 14.

Authors

Ye Sha¹, Md Anisur Rahman¹, Tianyu Zhu¹, Yujin Cha¹, C Wayne McAlister¹, Chuanbing Tang¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina 29208 , USA . Email: tang4@mailbox.sc.edu.

Abstract

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) are among the most prevailing methods for block copolymer self-assembly. Taking the merits of scalability of PISA and dimension control of CDSA, we report one-pot synchronous PISA and CDSA via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) to prepare nano-objects based on a crystalline poly(ruthenocene) motif. We denote this self-assembly methodology as ROMPI-CDSA to enable a simple, yet robust approach for the preparation of functional nanomaterials.