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Spatial self-organization of comb macromolecules

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The properties and the self-assembly of single comb macromolecules in solution were studied. The elastic properties of a polymer chain with a high density of side chains forming a cylindrical brush were discussed, in particular, its persistence length was calculated. The cases of brushes with flexible and rigid side chains, as well as brushes with two types of incompatible side segments, were considered. It was shown that brushes with rodlike dangling chains have a higher rigidity. In addition, a comb macromolecule with the hydrophobic main chain and hydrophilic side chains was considered. Such a macromolecules in a selective solvent forms a globule with the hydrophobic core and a soluble shell. The specific feature of the globule is its ability to acquire nonspherical spatial forms. Problems related to the stability and transformation of globule shape are discussed in detail.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Subbotin, A.N. Semenov, 2007, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. A, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 12, pp. 2139–2172.

This work was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 06-03-32341.

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Subbotin, A.V., Semenov, A.N. Spatial self-organization of comb macromolecules. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 49, 1328–1357 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X07120085

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