Emerging trends in polymerization-induced self-assembly

NJW Penfold, J Yeow, C Boyer, SP Armes - ACS Macro Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we summarize recent progress in polymerization-induced self-assembly
(PISA) for the rational synthesis of block copolymer nanoparticles with various …

Emerging applications for living crystallization-driven self-assembly

L MacFarlane, C Zhao, J Cai, H Qiu, I Manners - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of crystallization as a tool to control the self-assembly of polymeric and molecular
amphiphiles in solution is attracting growing attention for the creation of non-spherical …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Functional Nanoparticles from the Solution Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers

U Tritschler, S Pearce, J Gwyther, GR Whittell… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
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 …

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 …

Concepts, fabrication methods and applications of living crystallization-driven self-assembly of block copolymers

S Ganda, MH Stenzel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) has emerged as a technique that is able
to perform solution phase self-assembly of semi-crystalline block copolymers in a controlled …

Future of supramolecular copolymers unveiled by reflecting on covalent copolymerization

B Adelizzi, NJ Van Zee, LNJ de Windt… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular copolymers are an emerging class of materials, and in the last years their
potential has been demonstrated on a broad scale. Implementing noncovalent polymers …

Two-dimensional assemblies from crystallizable homopolymers with charged termini

X He, MS Hsiao, CE Boott, RL Harniman, A Nazemi… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
The creation of shaped, uniform and colloidally stable two-dimensional (2D) assemblies by
bottom-up methods represents a challenge of widespread current interest for a variety of …

Supramolecular block copolymers by seeded living polymerization of perylene bisimides

W Wagner, M Wehner, V Stepanenko… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Living covalent polymerization has been a subject of intense research for many decades
and has culminated in the synthesis of a large variety of block copolymers (BCPs) with …

Polyferrocenylsilane block copolymer spherulites in dilute solution

J Jiang, E Nikbin, G Hicks, S Song, Y Liu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCP) into uniform 3D structures in solution is an
extremely rare phenomenon. Furthermore, the investigation of general prerequisites for …

Microscopic imaging techniques for molecular assemblies: electron, atomic force, and confocal microscopies

R Kubota, W Tanaka, I Hamachi - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly is promising for construction of a wide variety of supramolecular assemblies,
whose 1D/2D/3D structures are typically relevant to their functions. In-depth understanding …