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Toward Monodisperse Poly(γ–benzyl α,L-glutamate): Uniform, Polar, Molecular Rods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Guanghui Zhang ,
Maurille J. Fournier ,
Thomas L. Mason  and
David A. Tirrell
Guanghui Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Maurille J. Fournier
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Thomas L. Mason
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
David A. Tirrell
Affiliation:
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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Poly(γ-benzyl α,L-glutamate) (PBLG) has been widely used in studies of the physics of rod-like polymer chains [1]. The helical structure of PBLG gives rise to considerable chain stiffness, such that the persistence length of the chain is on the order of 70 nm in helicogenic solvents [2]. This feature, coupled with the ease of synthesis and good solubility of the polymer has made PBLG the system of choice for the study of both isotropic [2,3] and liquid crystalline [4] solutions of rod-like macromolecules.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 255: Symposium Z – Hierarchically Structured Materials , 1991 , 405
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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