Formation and Regulation of Multicompartment Vesicles from Cyclic Diblock Copolymer Solutions: A Simulation Study.

ABSTRACT: The self-assembly of a cyclic AB copolymer system with relatively long A blocks and short B blocks in B-selective solvents is investigated using a simulated annealing method. By investigating the effect of the lengths and solubilities of A and B blocks (N _A and N _B, ε_AS and ε_BS), the incompatibility between A and B blocks (ε_AB), as well as the polymer concentration (C _p) and the conditions for the formation of multicompartment vesicles in cyclic diblock copolymer solutions, is predicted. The phase diagrams in terms of N _B, ε_AS, and C _p are constructed. The mechanism of the morphological transition is elucidated. It is shown that for cyclic copolymers the cha

SUBMITTER: Song Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7191859 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature