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 …

π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers through living crystallization-driven self-assembly: preparation, properties and applications

J Ma, G Lu, X Huang, C Feng - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers (CPNFs) of controlled length, composition and
morphology are promising for a broad range of emerging applications in optoelectronics …

Crystallization‐driven asymmetric helical assembly of conjugated block copolymers and the aggregation induced white‐light emission and circularly polarized …

L Xu, C Wang, YX Li, XH Xu, L Zhou, N Liu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the self‐assembly morphology of π‐conjugated block copolymer is of great
interesting. Herein, amphiphilic poly (3‐hexylthiophene)‐block‐poly (phenyl isocyanide) s …

Corona-loading strategies for crystalline particles made by living crystallization-driven self-assembly

S Ganda, CK Wong, MH Stenzel - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) nanoparticles offer exciting opportunities for drug
delivery applications. A key feature of using BCP nanoparticles for drug delivery is their …

(Bio) degradable and biocompatible Nano-objects from polymerization-induced and crystallization-driven self-assembly

C Zhu, J Nicolas - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly
(CDSA) techniques have emerged as powerful approaches to produce a broad range of …

Investigating the influence of block copolymer micelle length on cellular uptake and penetration in a multicellular tumor spheroid model

Q Yu, MG Roberts, L Houdaihed, Y Liu, K Ho, G Walker… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient penetration of drug nanocarriers into tumors is an important prerequisite for
therapeutic and diagnostic success. The physicochemical properties of nanocarriers …

Stealth nanorods via the aqueous living crystallisation-driven self-assembly of poly (2-oxazoline) s

JR Finnegan, EH Pilkington, K Alt, MA Rahim… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The morphology of nanomaterials critically influences their biological interactions. However,
there is currently a lack of robust methods for preparing non-spherical particles from …

Cellular uptake and targeting of low dispersity, dual emissive, segmented block copolymer nanofibers

STG Street, Y He, XH Jin, L Hodgson, P Verkade… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer-based nanoparticles show substantial promise in the treatment and diagnosis of
cancer and other diseases. Herein we report an exploration of the cellular uptake of tailored …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and cellular uptake behaviors of uniform fiber-like micelles with length controllability and high colloidal stability in aqueous media

J Ma, C Ma, X Huang, PHH de Araujo, AK Goyal… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fragmentation/disassembly of fiber-like micelles generated by living crystalline-driven self-
assembly (CDSA) is usually encountered in aqueous media, which hinders the applications …

Heterometallic macromolecules: Synthesis, properties and multiple nanomaterial applications

F Liu, X Liu, T Abdiryim, H Gu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Metallomacromolecules allow developing advanced materials with various characteristic
properties including inter alia optoelectronics, conductivity, magnetism, self-healing …