Self-Assembly of block copolymers into internally ordered microparticles

CK Wong, X Qiang, AHE Müller, AH Gröschel - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly is one of the most versatile concepts for the bottom-up
design of functional nanostructures in materials science, nanomedicine and …

Polymeric filomicelles and nanoworms: two decades of synthesis and application

NP Truong, JF Quinn, MR Whittaker, TP Davis - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Filomicelles and nanoworms are an emerging subclass of nanomaterials with a special
elongated shape. The physical properties of a filomicelle are distinct from a traditional …

Disklike micelles in water from polyethylene-containing diblock copolymers

L Yin, MA Hillmyer - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
Poly (N, N-dimethylacrylamide)− polyethylene (AE) diblock copolymers were synthesized by
the combination of living anionic and reversible addition− fragmentation transfer (RAFT) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Encapsulation of inorganic nanoparticles into block copolymer micellar aggregates: Strategies and precise localization of nanoparticles

J Wang, W Li, J Zhu - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
Precise assembly and localization of preformed inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) in block
copolymer (BCP) assemblies are of great importance in realizing the formation of nano …

Fluorescent “barcode” multiblock co-micelles via the living self-assembly of di-and triblock copolymers with a crystalline core-forming metalloblock

F He, T Gädt, I Manners… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We describe the self-assembly in 2-propanol (2-PrOH) of the triblock copolymer, poly (
ferrocenyldimethylsilane-b-2-vinylpyridine-b-2, 5-di (2′-ethylhexyloxy)-1, 4 …

Flow-directed block copolymer micelle morphologies via microfluidic self-assembly

CW Wang, D Sinton, MG Moffitt - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers in a gas–liquid microfluidic reactor
produces variable, flow-directed micellar morphologies entirely different from off-chip …

Stimuli-triggered structural engineering of synthetic and biological polymeric assemblies

J Zhang, X Li, X Li - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Response to external stimuli is a fundamental and intrinsic behavior of living systems. There
has been increasing interest for designing and constructing responsive polymeric …

[PDF][PDF] Multifunctional nanoparticle‐loaded spherical and wormlike micelles formed by interfacial instabilities

J Bae, J Lawrence, C Miesch, A Ribbe, W Li… - Advanced …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Multifunctional nano-objects containing discrete domains of different inorganic materials are
of interest for their ability to combine the advantageous optical, magnetic, or electronic …

Branched cylindrical micelles via crystallization-driven self-assembly

H Qiu, VA Du, MA Winnik, I Manners - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation of branched micelles by the growth of thinner-core cylindrical
micelles at the termini of the thicker-core cylindrical micelle seeds through crystallization …