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 …

The interest in confined crystallization has greatly increased with the development and
progress of nanotechnology applications. Polymeric confined crystallization has been …

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 …

Non-spherical nanostructures derived from soft matter and with uniform size—that is,
monodisperse materials—are of particular utility and interest, but are very rare outside the …

The self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) in the presence of crystallization as the
second driving force is reviewed, for BCPs in the bulk, thin films, single crystals and micelles …

Fiber-like micelles based on biodegradable and biocompatible polymers exhibit
considerable promise for applications in nanomedicine, but until recently no convenient …

Efficient synthesis of functionalized, uniform polymer nano-objects in water with controlled
morphologies in one step and at high concentrations is extremely attractive, from …

We review previous works on polymer confined crystallization employing strategies that
allow confinement to go from the micron to the nanometer scale: droplets, blends, block …

The self-assembly of poly (ε-caprolactone)-b-poly (ethylene oxide) block copolymers (PCL n
PEO44 and PCL n PEO113) with narrow polydispersity in aqueous medium was studied …

Poly (l-lactide)(PLLA)-based nanoparticles have attracted much attention with respect to
applications in drug delivery and nanomedicine as a result of their biocompatibility and …