Self-Assembly of block copolymers into internally ordered microparticles

CK Wong, X Qiang, AHE Müller, AH Gröschel - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly is one of the most versatile concepts for the bottom-up
design of functional nanostructures in materials science, nanomedicine and …

Self-assembly concepts for multicompartment nanostructures

AH Gröschel, AHE Müller - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the
separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in …

Block copolymer membranes for aqueous solution applications

SP Nunes - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers are known for their intricate morphology. We review the state of the art of
block copolymer membranes and discuss perspectives in this field. The main focus is on …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Block copolymer particles: Tuning shape, interfaces, and morphology

JJ Shin, EJ Kim, KH Ku, YJ Lee, CJ Hawker… - ACS Macro …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Confined assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) is receiving increasing attention due to the
ability to create unconventional morphologies that cannot be observed in the corresponding …

Multidimensional design of anisotropic polymer particles from solvent‐evaporative emulsion

KH Ku, JM Shin, H Yun, GR Yi… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal particles with controlled shape and internal structure have attracted great attention
due to their novel morphologies and various potential applications. Among the diverse …

Switchable full-color reflective photonic ellipsoidal particles

Q He, KH Ku, H Vijayamohanan, BJ Kim… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Full-color reflective photonic ellipsoidal polymer particles, capable of a dynamic color
change, are created from dendronized brush block copolymers (den-BBCPs) self …

Rational design of ABC triblock terpolymer solution nanostructures with controlled patch morphology

TI Löbling, O Borisov, JS Haataja, O Ikkala… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Block copolymers self-assemble into a variety of nanostructures that are relevant for science
and technology. While the assembly of diblock copolymers is largely understood, predicting …

Recent progress in the self-assembly of block copolymers confined in emulsion droplets

N Yan, Y Zhu, W Jiang - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
When the self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) occurs within a deformable emulsion
droplet, BCPs can aggregate into a variety of nanoscaled particles with unique …

Light-enabled reversible shape transformation of block copolymer particles

D Hu, X Chang, Y Xu, Q Yu, Y Zhu - ACS Macro Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Confined self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) is effective to manipulate various
shapes of particles. In emulsion confined self-assembly, reversibly light-trigged switchable …