Side Chain Length-Dependent Hierarchical Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers in Water
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An amphiphilic random copolymer possesses hydrophobic and hydrophilic side chains randomly grafted on the backbone. It self-assembles into micellar aggregates in water driven by the hydrophobic interaction following the side chain-dependent length scaling. We recently found that a higher order with a larger length scale can appear by periodic folding of the micellar bilayer structure, resulting in a hierarchically structured soft material. Here we explore the effect of the hydrophobic side chain length in the hierarchical structure formation. We will investigate the influence of the side chain length on the hydrophobicity in total and the backbone rigidity in detail to rationalize the lyotropic phase behavior.