Helical Toroids Self‐Assembled from a Binary System of Polypeptide Homopolymer and its Block Copolymer

P Xu, L Gao, C Cai, J Lin, L Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Toroids and helices are fundamental geometrical structures in nature. Polymers can self‐
assemble into various nanostructures, including both toroids and helices; however …

Polymeric Toroidal Self‐Assemblies: Diverse Formation Mechanisms and Functions

P Xu, L Gao, C Cai, J Lin, L Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, toroidal nanostructures have become an appealing topic in nanoscience
owing to their unique structure and promising applications. Among them, polymeric toroidal …

Toroid formation through a supramolecular “cyclization reaction” of rodlike micelles

C Yang, L Gao, J Lin, L Wang, C Cai… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Constructing polymeric toroids with a uniform, tunable size is challenging. Reported herein
is the formation of uniform toroids from poly (γ‐benzyl‐l‐glutamate)‐graft‐poly (ethylene …

Controlling the self-assembly pathways of amphiphilic block copolymers into vesicles

M Xiao, G Xia, R Wang, D Xie - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Vesicles and membrane properties play critical roles in reproducing the natural environment
of living cells such as nutrient transport and DNA protection. We report how to control the …

Morphology transformation of hybrid micelles self-assembled from rod–coil block copolymer and nanoparticles

C Cai, L Wang, J Lin, X Zhang - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hybrid polymeric micelles self-assembled from a mixture containing poly (γ-benzyl-l-
glutamate)-block-poly (ethylene glycol)(PBLG-b-PEG) block copolymer and gold …

Toroid formation through self-assembly of graft copolymer and homopolymer mixtures: experimental studies and dissipative particle dynamics simulations

L Chen, T Jiang, J Lin, C Cai - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of mixture systems containing poly (acrylic acid)-g-poly (γ-benzyl-l-glutamate)
graft copolymers (PAA-g-PBLG) and PBLG homopolymers in aqueous solution was …

PNIPAm-PEO-PPO-PEO-PNIPAm pentablock terpolymer: synthesis and chain behavior in aqueous solution

A Mei, X Guo, Y Ding, X Zhang, J Xu, Z Fan… - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
The double thermosensitive and narrow dispersed PNIPAm110-PEO100-PPO65-PEO100-
PNIPAm110 pentablock terpolymer was synthesized by the typical atomic transfer radical …

Synthesis and micelle behavior of (PNIPAm-PtBA-PNIPAm) m amphiphilic multiblock copolymer

B Du, A Mei, Y Yang, Q Zhang, Q Wang, J Xu, Z Fan - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
A linear amphiphilic multiblock copolymer (PNIPAm-PtBA-PNIPAm) m was successfully
synthesized by a two-step reversible addition–fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization …

An insight into polymerization-induced self-assembly by dissipative particle dynamics simulation

F Huang, Y Lv, L Wang, P Xu, J Lin, S Lin - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymerization-induced self-assembly is a one-pot route to produce concentrated
dispersions of block copolymer nano-objects. Herein, dissipative particle dynamics …

Complex micelles from self-assembly of ABA triblock copolymers in B-selective solvents

W Kong, B Li, Q Jin, D Ding, AC Shi - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report an extensive simulation study of the self-assembly of amphiphilic ABA triblock
copolymers dissolved in solvents selective for the middle B-block. The effects of copolymer …