Molecular organization of polylactides immobilized on a flat surface: Observation of single crystal arrays of homochiral and stereocomplexed polylactides
Abstract
Formation of single crystal arrays of polylactides (PLA) was found on a flat surface immobilized with poly(d-lactide) (PDLA) having different chain lengths. Monoalkoxydimethylsilyl-terminated PDLAs were synthesized by hydrosilylation of (allyloxy)ethyl-terminated PDLAs and covalently immobilized onto silicon surfaces by a silicone coupling reaction in which the immobilization took place homogeneously through a single Si-O-Si bond. Atomic force microscopy (AMF) of the immobilized surfaces revealed that PDLA chains having M n = 2400-7000 formed many projections (dots) on the surface of the polymer layers, each having a diameter of 30 nm and a height less than 1.0 nm with a narrow size distribution. When these surfaces were treated with free PDLAs and enantiomeric poly(l-lactide)s (PLLA) having similar chain lengths, nano-ordered arrangement of single crystallites arrays of homochiral (hc) and stereocomplexed (sc) PLAs were formed with ordering by the deposition of PDLA and PLLA chains on the surface-immobilized PDLA chains, respectively. © 2012 American Chemical Society.
Publication Title
Macromolecules
Recommended Citation
Nakajima, H., Nakajima, M., Fujiwara, T., Lee, C., Aoki, T., & Kimura, Y. (2012). Molecular organization of polylactides immobilized on a flat surface: Observation of single crystal arrays of homochiral and stereocomplexed polylactides. Macromolecules, 45 (15), 5993-6001. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma3010058
