New paper in Collaboration with Guy Koeckelberghs
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New just accepted paper in Macromolecules with our longtime collaborator Guy Koeckelberghs.
This work presents the controlled synthesis and characterization of star shaped poly(3-alkylthiophene) (P3AT). The perfect control over the synthesis was mostly confirmed by MALDI mass spectrometry. The originality of this study was the synthesis of controlled star-shaped polymers (P3AT) presenting the formation of a strong (chiral) supramolecular organization into fibers, different and stronger obtained with the linear P3ATs. Those results are confirmed by the combination of UV-vis, circular dichroism (CD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements. Furthermore, the particular supramolecular organization of the star-shaped polymers which appears thanks to the precision polymer synthesis, triggers properties of the arms of the star-shaped-molecule that are not present in the individual arms.