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Structure Formation of Polymeric Building Blocks: Complex Polymer Architectures

Manfred SchmidtAngelika KühnleWolfgang PaulKatharina LandfesterHans-jürgen ButtKurt BinderGeorge FloudasPeter VirnauKlaus MüllenMichael MaskosHolger FreyUte KolbHsiao-ping HsuHans Wolfgang Spiess

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chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials scienceHydrogen bondIntermolecular forcePolymerPolyelectrolytesymbols.namesakeAdsorptionchemistryChemical physicssymbolsSelf-assemblyvan der Waals forceMacromolecule

description

This chapter describes macromolecules with a complex structure, their defined aggregation in solution, their adsorption to surfaces, and their possible aggregation on surfaces. The term “complex structure” implies that the macromolecules show different, distinct structural elements or building blocks on a supra-atomic length scale. Key to understanding the complex structure of macromolecules, their aggregation, and adsorption to surfaces are intra- and intermolecular interactions such as van der Waals, electrostatic, π–π interactions, and hydrogen bonds.

https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2013_230