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 …

Polyferrocenylsilanes: synthesis, properties, and applications

RLN Hailes, AM Oliver, J Gwyther, GR Whittell… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This in-depth review covers progress in the area of polyferrocenylsilanes (PFS), a well-
established, readily accessible class of main chain organosilicon metallopolymer consisting …

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 …

Tailored hierarchical micelle architectures using living crystallization-driven self-assembly in two dimensions

ZM Hudson, CE Boott, ME Robinson, PA Rupar… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Recent advances in the self-assembly of block copolymers have enabled the precise
fabrication of hierarchical nanostructures using low-cost solution-phase protocols. However …

Precision epitaxy for aqueous 1D and 2D poly (ε-caprolactone) assemblies

MC Arno, M Inam, Z Coe, G Cambridge… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of monodisperse nanostructures of highly controlled size and morphology
with spatially distinct functional regions is a current area of high interest in materials science …

1D vs. 2D shape selectivity in the crystallization-driven self-assembly of polylactide block copolymers

M Inam, G Cambridge, A Pitto-Barry, ZPL Laker… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
2D materials such as graphene, LAPONITE® clays or molybdenum disulfide nanosheets are
of extremely high interest to the materials community as a result of their high surface area …

Uniform Biodegradable Fiber-Like Micelles and Block Comicelles via “Living” Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Poly(l-lactide) Block Copolymers: The …

Y He, JC Eloi, RL Harniman… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Fiber-like micelles based on biodegradable and biocompatible polymers exhibit
considerable promise for applications in nanomedicine, but until recently no convenient …

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 …

Synthetic covalent and non‐covalent 2D materials

CE Boott, A Nazemi, I Manners - … Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The creation of synthetic 2D materials represents an attractive challenge that is ultimately
driven by their prospective uses in, for example, electronics, biomedicine, catalysis, sensing …

Controlling the size of two-dimensional polymer platelets for water-in-water emulsifiers

M Inam, JR Jones, MM Perez-Madrigal… - ACS central …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A wide range of biorelevant applications, particularly in pharmaceutical formulations and the
food and cosmetic industries, require the stabilization of two water-soluble blended …