Fig. 8: Polymer chain stretching. | Nature Communications

Fig. 8: Polymer chain stretching.

From: Ring-opening polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly of poly-L-lactide-block-polyethylene glycol block copolymers (ROPI-CDSA)

Fig. 8

a When ω = 1 giving a dense corona and b when ω < 0.5 giving significant coiling. In ROPI-CDSA, PLLA45-b-PEG45 (10% solids w/w 9) has a denser corona, in-between ω = 1 and ω < 0.5. In contrast, PLLA90-b-PEG45 (10% solids w/w 15) has a ω < 0.5 exhibiting more coiling.

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