Synthesis and microphase-separated structures of rod-coil triblock polymers

  • Uchida, Satoshi (Department of Polymeric and Organic Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Tanimura, Kotaro (Department of Polymeric and Organic Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology) ;
  • Ishizu, Koji (Department of Polymeric and Organic Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Published : 2006.10.13

Abstract

The combination of living anionic and coordination polymerization techniques enabled to synthesize the polystyrene-b-polyisoprene-b-poly (butyl isocyanate) triblock polymers. Their microphase-separated structures were zig-zag structures for high ${\phi}_{PIC}$ samples, and hockey-puck structures were also observed. The phase diagram for PSt-b-PIp-b-PIC rod-coil polymers was different from that for PS-PBd-PMMA triblock polymers, and it was found that ${\phi}_{PIC}$ was the important factor to determine the microphase-separated structures.

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