Stabilizing hexagonally close-packed phase in single-component block copolymers through rational symmetry breaking.

Zhanhui Gan, Zhuoqi Xu, Kun Tian, Dongdong Zhou, Luyang Li, Zhuang Ma, Rui Tan, Weihua Li, Xue-Hui Dong

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Ionic liquid as a structure-directing agent for Frank-Kasper phase formation in block copolymers.Nature communications · 2026
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On and Off Deformability of Supramolecular Micelles in the Soft Frank-Kasper σ Phase.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026
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Zhanhui Gan *South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9646-5747

Zhuoqi Xu *South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Kun TianState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Dongdong ZhouCollege of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Luyang LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Zhuang MaSouth China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Rui TanCollege of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Weihua LiState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Xue-Hui DongSouth China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. xdong@scut.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-3103

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22273026

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Abstract

Despite being predicted to be a thermodynamically equilibrium structure, the absence of direct experimental evidence of hexagonally close-packed spherical phase in single-component block copolymers raises uncomfortable concerns regarding the existing fundamental phase principles. This work presents a robust approach to regulate the phase behavior of linear block copolymers by deliberately breaking molecular symmetry, and the hexagonally close-packed lattice is captured in a rigorous single-component system. A collection of discrete A

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DOI10.1038/s41467-024-50906-9

PMCPMC11297994

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