Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

Recently, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become widely recognized as a
robust and efficient route to produce block copolymer nanoparticles of controlled size …

Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

Symmetric shapes and patterns are fascinating and preferred by humans as symmetric
stimuli of any kind are more easily processed by the visual systems than their asymmetric …

Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly has attracted considerable attention for many
decades because it can yield ordered structures in a wide range of morphologies, including …

This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of
block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance …

Oil–water separation is critical for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill
accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also …

Polymer vesicles, also known as polymersomes, are finding increasing applications in
biomedical field, including drug delivery, gene therapy, magnetic resonance imaging …

Amphiphilic diblock copolymers composed of two covalently linked, chemically distinct
chains can be considered to be biological mimics of cell membrane-forming lipid molecules …

Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …