Inventors:
Yan XIA - Quincy MA, US
Benjamin R SVEINBJORNSSON - Pasadena CA, US
Robert H GRUBBS - South Pasadena CA, US
Raymond WEITEKAMP - Glendale CA, US
Garret M MIYAKE - Pasadena CA, US
Harry A ATWATER - South Pasadena CA, US
Christopher Scot DAEFFLER - Pasadena CA, US
International Classification:
C08G 81/02
Abstract:
The invention provides a class of copolymers having useful properties, including brush block copolymers, wedge-type block copolymers and hybrid wedge and polymer block copolymers. In an embodiment, for example, block copolymers of the invention incorporate chemically different blocks comprising polymer size chain groups and/or wedge groups that significantly inhibit chain entanglement, thereby enhancing molecular self-assembly processes for generating a range of supramolecular structures, such as periodic nanostructures and microstructures. The present invention also provides useful methods of making and using copolymers, including block copolymers.