Reversible CO<sub>2</sub>-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly

Ya-Jing Sun; Xiao-Xiao Cheng; Teng-Fei Miao; Hao-Tian Ma; Wei Zhang; Xiu-Lin Zhu

doi:10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3

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Reversible CO₂-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly

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- Reversible CO₂-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 40, Issue 1, Pages: 56-66(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
- Author bio：
  
  weizhang@suda.edu.cn
- Funds：
  
  The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 92056111 and 21971180), Nature Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education (No. 19KJA360006), Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (No. KYCX20_2655) and the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions supported this work. Prof. W. Zhang thanks Mr. J. Z. Wang in University of Waterloo for English editing.
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3
  CLC：
- Received：25 July 2021，
  
  Revised：2021-8-25，
  
  Accepted：02 September 2021，
  
  Online First：04 November 2021，
  
  Published：01 January 2022
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Sun, Y. J.; Cheng, X. X.; Miao, T. F.; Ma, H. T.; Zhang, W.; Zhu, X. L. Reversible CO₂-, photo- and thermo- triple responsive supramolecular chirality of Azo-containing block copolymer assemblies prepared by polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 56–66 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3.

Ya-Jing Sun, Xiao-Xiao Cheng, Teng-Fei Miao, et al. Reversible CO₂-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(1): 56-66. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3.
Sun, Y. J.; Cheng, X. X.; Miao, T. F.; Ma, H. T.; Zhang, W.; Zhu, X. L. Reversible CO₂-, photo- and thermo- triple responsive supramolecular chirality of Azo-containing block copolymer assemblies prepared by polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 56–66 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3. DOI：

Ya-Jing Sun, Xiao-Xiao Cheng, Teng-Fei Miao, et al. Reversible CO₂-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(1): 56-66. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2647-3. DOI：

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Abstract

Polymerization-induced chiral self-assembly (PICSA) is an efficient strategy that not only allows the construction of the supramolecular chiral assemblies in a controlled manner but also can regulate the morphology

in situ

. Herein

a series of azobenzene-containing block copolymer (Azo-BCP) assemblies with tunable morphologies and supramolecular chirality were obtained through the PICSA strategy. The supramolecular chirality of Azo-BCP assemblies could be regulated by carbon dioxide (CO

) stimulus

and completely recovered by bubbling with Ar. A reversible morphology transformation and chiroptical switching process could also be achieved by the alternative 365 nm UV light irradiation and heating-cooling treatment. Moreover

the supramolecular chirality is thermo-responsive and a reversible chiral-achiral switching was successfully realized

which can be reversibly repeated for at least five times. This work provides a feasible strategy for constructing triple stimuli-responsive supramolecular chiral nano-objects

in situ

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Reversible CO2-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly

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Reversible CO₂-, Photo- and Thermo- Triple Responsive Supramolecular Chirality of Azo-containing Block Copolymer Assemblies Prepared by Polymerization-induced Chiral Self-assembly