Nanoscale polymer discs, toroids and platelets: a survey of their syntheses and potential applications

ERL Brisson, MJH Worthington, S Kerai… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer self-assembly has become a reliable and versatile workhorse to produce polymeric
nanomaterials. With appropriate polymer design and monomer selection, polymers can …

The flow of anisotropic nanoparticles in solution and in blood

JT Lovegrove, B Kent, S Förster, CJ Garvey… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The alignment of anisotropic nanoparticles in flow has been used for a range of applications
such as the preparation of strong fibres and the assembly of in‐plane aligned 1D …

Tuning the Functionality of Self-Assembled 2D Platelets in the Third Dimension

T Xia, Z Tong, Y Xie, MC Arno, S Lei… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The decoration of 2D nanostructures using heteroepitaxial growth is of great importance to
achieve functional assemblies employed in biomedical, electrical, and mechanical …

Seeded epitaxial growth of crystallizable polymers governed by crystallization temperatures

L Liu, L Zhu, Z Chu, Z Tong - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Seeded growth is generally regarded as an ambient-temperature, living crystallization-
driven self-assembly (CDSA) approach of block copolymers (BCPs) with crystallizable cores …

Uniform two-dimensional crystalline platelets with tailored compositions for ph stimulus-responsive drug release

X Zhang, G Chen, B Zheng, Z Wan, L Liu… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional, size-tunable, water-dispersible particle micelles with spatially defined
chemistries can be obtained by using “living” crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) …

Optimization of precision nanofiber micelleplexes for DNA delivery

STG Street, HC Parkin, L Shopperly, J Chrenek… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As nucleic acid (NA) technologies continue to revolutionize medicine, new delivery vehicles
are needed to effectively transport NA cargoes into cells. Uniform and length-tunable …

Lateral Growth of Hexagonal Platelet Micelles via Crystallization by Particle Attachment

F Teng, J Gu, Z Chu, Z Tong - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) platelets with highly symmetric structure and low dispersity in size
have attracted great attention due to their unique planar structure with high specific surface …

Precision control of one-/two-dimensional assemblies for Poly (hexamethylene carbonate) block copolymers

Z Chu, X Meng, Z Tong - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
The precision control of monodisperse nanomaterials with spatially distinct functionalities
and properties is of particular interest in materials science. Creating biocompatible …