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Progress in Chemistry 2018, Vol. 30 Issue (2/3): 166-178 DOI: 10.7536/PC170910 Previous Articles   Next Articles

• Review •

Confined Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers within the Three-Dimensional Soft Space

Yan Zhang1,2, Xuejie Liu2, Nan Yan2, Yuexin Hu1*, Haiying Li1*, Yutian Zhu2*   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun 113001, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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    The work was supported by the Science Project of Liaoning Province Education Office(No. L2016001), the Scientific Research Cultivation Fund of LSHU (No.2016PY-004), and the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Liaoning Province(No.20170520284).
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Under the three-dimensional(3D) confinement, block copolymers(BCPs) can self-assemble into various well-ordered nanostructures, which have versatile applications in the fields of catalyst carrier, electronics, optical sensor, and so on. It is known that the nature of the BCPs as well as the internal nanostructures and the external shapes of the self-assembled materials significantly influence their properties and applications. This review introduces the recent progress in the self-assembly methods for the 3D confined self-assembly of block copolymers. The internal and external factors that affect the self-assembled structures of BCPs are also summarized. The internal factors mainly refer to the nature of BCPs, including the block type, molecular weight and block volume fraction of different blocks. The external factors include the size of confined space, the oil/water interfacial interaction, thermal or solvent annealing treatment, and so on. Moreover, the co-assembly of BCPs and inorganic nanoparticles(NPs) under 3D soft confinement is also reviewed. The morphological transition after incorporating NPs and the controllable distribution and localization of NPs within BCP matrix, as well as the potential applications of the resulting hybrid structures are discussed. Finally, open questions on this issue are discussed and prospects of this field are described.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Self-assembly of BCPs under 3D soft confinement
2.1 Overview of the methods of the 3D soft confined self-assembly
2.2 Factors affecting the self-assembly structures
2.3 Other methods for tuning the self-assembly structures
3 Co-assembly of BCPs and NPs under 3D soft confinement
3.1 Morphological transition induced by NPs
3.2 Controllable distribution and localization of NPs in BCP matrix
4 Applications of the 3D soft confined assembly of BCPs
5 Conclusion
Key words: block copolymer, three-dimensional confinement, self-assembly

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