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ArticlePolymers2022

Loop and Bridge Conformations of ABA Triblock Comb Copolymers: A Conformational Assessment for Molecular Composites.

Jihoon Park, Je-Yeon Jung, Hyun-Woo Shin, Jong-Wan Park, Joona Bang, June Huh

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jihoon ParkDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3831-5169
Je-Yeon JungDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-9063-4717
Hyun-Woo ShinCollege of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4038-9992
Jong-Wan ParkCollege of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4676-5191
Joona BangDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2301-6190
June HuhDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4610-4521

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Creative Materials Discovery Program, the Ministry of Science and ICT 2018M3D1A1058536National Research Foundation of Korea 2020R1A4A2002903, 2020R1F1A1065951
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Abstract

We computationally investigate the conformational behavior, "bridging" chain, between different the phase-separated domains vs "looping" chain on the same domain, for two chain architectures of ABA triblock copolymers, one with a linear architecture (L-TBC) and the other with comb architecture (C-TBC) at various segregation regimes using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The power-law relation between the bridge fraction (Φ) and the interaction parameter (χ) for C-TBC is found to be Φ∼χ-1.6 in the vicinity of the order-disorder transition (χODT), indicating a drastic conversion from the bridge to the loop conformation. When χ further increases, the bridge-loop conversions slow down to have the power law, Φ∼χ-0.18, approaching the theoretical power law Φ∼χ-1/9 predicted in the strong segregation limit. The conformational assessment conducted in the present study can provide a strategy of designing optimal material and processing conditions for triblock copolymer either with linear or comb architecture to be used for thermoplastic elastomer or molecular nanocomposites.

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bridge conformationcomb polymerloop conformationtriblock copolymer

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PMCPMC9183157

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