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SUBMITTER: Bates MW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613078 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bates Morgan W MW Lequieu Joshua J Barbon Stephanie M SM Lewis Ronald M RM Delaney Kris T KT Anastasaki Athina A Hawker Craig J CJ Fredrickson Glenn H GH Bates Christopher M CM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190617 27
The self-assembly of block polymers into well-ordered nanostructures underpins their utility across fundamental and applied polymer science, yet only a handful of equilibrium morphologies are known with the simplest AB-type materials. Here, we report the discovery of the A15 sphere phase in single-component diblock copolymer melts comprising poly(dodecyl acrylate)-<i>block</i>-poly(lactide). A systematic exploration of phase space revealed that A15 forms across a substantial range of minority la ...[more]