Amphiphilic polymer co-networks have gained considerable attention recently. This tutorial talk will outline the history of these materials, recent advances, and future opportunities. Phase-separated and self-assembled co-network materials offer a simple route to bicontinuous-like morphologies, which are expected to be highly beneficial for applications such as ion, charge, and oxygen transport. Despite these potential advantages, the systematic study of co-network structures has not been achieved, largely due to the lack of well-controlled chemistries for their preparation. This talk will also focus on the thiolene addition across norbornene reaction which enables novel co-networks and multi-block copolymers. The thiol-ene end-linking platform enables the systematic investigation of phase-separated networks in terms of the molecular weight and relative volume fractions of precursor polymers.

Bicontinuous amphiphilic polymer co-networks

255th National Meeting (2018)

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