Soft-matter nanotubes: a platform for diverse functions and applications

T Shimizu, W Ding, N Kameta - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled organic nanotubes made of single or multiple molecular components can be
classified into soft-matter nanotubes (SMNTs) by contrast with hard-matter nanotubes, such …

Self-assembly of copolymer micelles: higher-level assembly for constructing hierarchical structure

Y Lu, J Lin, L Wang, L Zhang, C Cai - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the self-assembly of copolymer micelles has become an appealing frontier
of supramolecular chemistry as a strategy to construct superstructures with multiple levels of …

Hyperbranched polymer vesicles: from self-assembly, characterization, mechanisms, and properties to applications

W Jiang, Y Zhou, D Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Vesicles, including lipid vesicles, surfactant vesicles, as well as polymer vesicles, have been
extensively investigated over the past fifty years. Among them, polymer vesicles have …

Supramolecular architectures of dendritic amphiphiles in water

BNS Thota, LH Urner, R Haag - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Dendritic molecules are an exciting research topic because of their highly branched
architecture, multiple functional groups on the periphery, and very pertinent features for …

Biocompatible or biodegradable hyperbranched polymers: from self-assembly to cytomimetic applications

H Jin, W Huang, X Zhu, Y Zhou, D Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) is a newly emerging research
area and has attracted increasing attention due to the great advantages in biomedical …

Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of a Dandelion‐Like Supramolecular Polymer into Nanotubes for use as Highly Efficient Aqueous Light‐Harvesting Systems

D Zhang, Y Liu, Y Fan, C Yu, Y Zheng… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A dandelion‐like supramolecular polymer (DSP) with a “sphere‐star‐parachute” topological
structure consisting of a spherical hyperbranched core and many parachute‐like arms is …

Small-angle X-ray scattering investigations of biomolecular confinement, loading, and release from liquid-crystalline nanochannel assemblies

A Angelova, B Angelov, VM Garamus… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
This Perspective explores the recent progress made by means of small-angle scattering
methods in structural studies of phase transitions in amphiphilic liquid-crystalline systems …

Self-assembly of particles—The regulatory role of particle flexibility

K Zhang, M Jiang, D Chen - Progress in polymer science, 2012 - Elsevier
Aspects of the self-assembly of particles, which uses nanometer or micrometer sized
building blocks to bridge the gap between microscopic and macroscopic scales, are …

Driving forces and molecular interactions in the self-assembly of block copolymers to form fiber-like micelles

Y He, Y Tang, Y Zhang, L MacFarlane… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT One-dimensional (1D) nanoscale objects abundant in nature commonly
possess hierarchical structures and are generally constructed via bottom-up self-assembly …

Hierarchical assemblies of polymer particles through tailored interfaces and controllable interfacial interactions

NR Visaveliya, JM Köhler - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hierarchical assembly architectures of functional polymer particles are promising because of
their physicochemical and surface properties for multi‐labeling and sensing to catalysis and …