TY - BOOK ID - 145604299 TI - Block Copolymers with Crystallizable Blocks: Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications AU - Schmalz, Holger AU - Abetz, Volker PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Technology: general issues KW - crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) KW - crystalline-core micelles KW - patchy micelles KW - block copolymers KW - crystal morphologies KW - polymer crystallization KW - nucleation mechanism KW - scaling relations KW - crystallization-driven self-assembly KW - calcium alginate hydrogel KW - cylindrical micelles KW - poly(vinylidene fluoride)/polymethylene KW - blends KW - diblock copolymers KW - ferroelectric phase KW - semicrystalline block copolymers KW - phase separation and crystallization KW - epitaxial crystallization KW - nanostructures KW - kinetics KW - fragmentation KW - growth KW - polypeptoids KW - crystallization KW - solution self-assembly KW - triblock terpolymers KW - polyethylene (PE) KW - poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) KW - poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL) KW - tricrystalline spherulites KW - copolymer KW - membrane KW - hydrocarbon KW - cohesive energy density KW - gas separation KW - semicrystalline polymer KW - 3D confinement KW - ABC triblock terpolymers KW - degradation KW - emulsification KW - microparticles UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145604299 AB - Block copolymers with crystallizable blocks have moved into the focus of current research, owing to their unique self-assembly behaviour and properties. New synthetic concepts give, for example, even access to tetrablock copolymers with four crystalline blocks, bio-based thermoplastic elastomers (e.g., based on ABA triblock copolymers with poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) hard segments), and allow new, exciting insights into the interplay of microphase separation and crystallization in controlling self-assembly in bulk (confined vs. break-out crystallization).Concerning self-assembly in solution, crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) paved the way to a myriad of crystalline-core micellar structures and hierarchical superstructures that were not accessible before via self-assembly of fully amorphous block copolymers. This allows for the production of cylindrical micelles with defined lengths, length distribution, and corona chemistries (block type or patchy corona), as well as branched micelles and fascinating micellar superstructures (e.g., 2D lenticular platelets, scarf-shaped micelles, multidimensional micellar assemblies, and cross and “windmill”-like supermicelles).This Special Issue brings together new developments in the synthesis and self-assembly of block copolymers with crystallizable blocks and also addresses emerging applications for these exciting materials. It includes two reviews on CDSA and eight contributions spanning from membranes for gas separation to self-assembly in bulk and solution. ER -