Asymmetric Giant “Bolaform-like” Surfactants: Precise Synthesis, Phase Diagram, and Crystallization-Induced Phase Separation

A series of unique heterofunctionalized asymmetric giant “bolaform-like” surfactants composed of a polystyrene (PS) chain end-capped with two distinctly functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages [one with seven isobutyl groups (BPOSS) and the other with 14 hydroxyl groups (DPOSS)] were designed and synthesized, and their self-assembly behaviors were investigated. Combining the atomic transfer radical polymerization using …