Fiber-like Micelles via the Crystallization-Driven Solution Self-Assembly of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers

JB Gilroy, DJ Lunn, SK Patra, GR Whittell… - …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The solution self-assembly of block copolymers with a π-conjugated, crystalline, core-
forming block represents a facile strategy toward the preparation of semiconducting …

Dimensional Control of Block Copolymer Nanofibers with a π‐Conjugated Core: Crystallization‐Driven Solution Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Poly (3‐hexylthiophene …

J Gwyther, JB Gilroy, PA Rupar, DJ Lunn… - … A European Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With the aim of accessing colloidally stable, fiberlike, π‐conjugated nanostructures of
controlled length, we have studied the solution self‐assembly of two asymmetric crystalline …

Uniform, high aspect ratio fiber-like micelles and block co-micelles with a crystalline π-conjugated polythiophene core by self-seeding

J Qian, X Li, DJ Lunn, J Gwyther… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Monodisperse fiber-like micelles with a crystalline π-conjugated polythiophene core with
lengths up to ca. 700 nm were successfully prepared from the diblock copolymer poly (3 …

Branched micelles by living crystallization-driven block copolymer self-assembly under kinetic control

H Qiu, Y Gao, VA Du, R Harniman… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We have found that the width and shape (from rectangular to elliptical, to almost circular in
cross-section) of the crystalline core of fiberlike micelles of polyferrocenyldimethylsilane …

Modulating regioregularity of poly (3-hexylthiophene)-based amphiphilic block copolymers to control solution assembly from nanowires to micelles

Y Kim, HJ Kim, JS Kim, H Yun, H Park, J Han… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In selective solvents, poly (3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)-based block copolymers (BCPs)
assemble into one-dimensional nanowires (NWs) due to strong π–π stacking interactions of …

Toward uniform nanofibers with a π-conjugated core: Optimizing the “living” crystallization-driven self-assembly of diblock copolymers with a poly (3-octylthiophene) …

U Tritschler, J Gwyther, RL Harniman… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Crystalline poly (3-alkylthiophene)(P3AT) nanofibers are promising materials for a myriad of
device applications, but nanofiber length control and colloidal stability are difficult to …

Synthesis and crystallization-driven solution self-assembly of polyferrocenylsilane diblock copolymers with polymethacrylate corona-forming blocks

N McGrath, FH Schacher, H Qiu, S Mann… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to increase the range of coronal chemistries available for crystallization-driven self-
assembly protocols a series of highly asymmetric diblock copolymers comprising a …

Self-seeding in one dimension: a route to uniform fiber-like nanostructures from block copolymers with a crystallizable core-forming block

J Qian, Y Lu, A Chia, M Zhang, PA Rupar, N Gunari… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
One-dimensional micelles formed by the self-assembly of crystalline-coil poly (
ferrocenyldimethylsilane)(PFS) block copolymers exhibit self-seeding behavior when …

Uniform polyselenophene block copolymer fiberlike micelles and block co-micelles via living crystallization-driven self-assembly

EL Kynaston, A Nazemi, LR MacFarlane… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We report the formation of near uniform block copolymer fiberlike micelles of controlled
length with a crystalline polyselenophene core via the seeded growth process termed living …

Hierarchical self-assembly of amphiphilic semiconducting polymers into isolated, bundled, and branched nanofibers

AC Kamps, M Fryd, SJ Park - ACS nano, 2012 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a high-yield click synthesis and self-assembly of conjugated amphiphilic
block copolymers of polythiophene (PHT) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) and their …