Magnetic Field Alignment of a Diblock Copolymer Using a Supramolecular Route
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Large-area uniform magnetic alignment of a self-assembled diblock copolymer has been achieved by the selective sequestration of rigid moieties with anisotropic diamagnetic susceptibility within one block of the system. The species is based on a biphenyl core and is confined in the acrylic acid domains of a poly(styrene-b-acrylic acid) block copolymer by hydrogen bonding between an imidazole headgroup and the acrylic acid units. Microphase separation produces hierarchically ordered systems of smectic layers within lamellae and smectic layers in the matrix surrounding hexagonally packed poly(styrene) cylinders, as a function of imidazole/acrylic acid stoichiometry. The magnetic field aligns the smectic layers as well as the block copolymer superstructure in a manner dependent on the anchoring condition of the biphenyl species at the block copolymer interface. Surprisingly, this is found to depend on the composition of the system. This approach is synergistic with recent efforts to engineer functional supramolecular block copolymer assemblies based on rigid chromophores. It offers a facile route to large area control of microstructure as required for full exploitation of functional properties in these systems.

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