Thursday, October 8, 2009, 11:00 am — Bldg. 735 Conf Rm B
Supramolecular attachment of mesogenic or non-mesogenic side chains to polymer backbones can result in the formation of materials having liquid crystalline morphologies. The parameters that can be selected or tuned in order to achieve such materials include: the structure and properties of the grafted side chains, the architecture and properties of the polymeric template, and the type of physical interaction exploited to achieve the supramolecular bonding. Here I will provide details of selected examples of the creation of such materials, with an emphasis on exploring the links between the structure of the constituent materials and the resulting self-organized morphology. In general, increasing the architectural complexity of the macromolecular template can provide a wealth of design possibilities for hierarchically ordered supramolecular assemblies.
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