Hybridglycopolymer systems (block copolymers associating oligosaccharides orpolysaccharides with synthetic blocks having specific properties) exhibit a remarkable capacity to self-assembleinto a great variety of macromolecular structures both in solution(nanoparticles) and films, whose dimensions span from few to hundrednanometres. Their final nano-organization results from the interaction betweenthe molecular species and architecture, the block composition. The hugeincompatibility between natural and synthetic as well as the rigid shape of thesugar molecules are at the origin of very interesting properties valorising thebiomass at the nanoscale level. In the melt, the regular long range orderedstructures are commonly used to create thin films and build new controlled nanometer-sized materials, which found anumber of key applications, spanning from pharmaceutical, biomedical tomicroelectronics where the control at the nanoscale 2D and 3D level is of greatimportance. Some results on hybrid glycopolymer systems will be presented.

Hybrid glycopolymers self-assemblies

240th National Meeting (2010)

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