Supracolloidal polymer chains of diblock copolymer micelles

Kim, Jeong-Hee; Kwon, Won Jong; Sohn, Byeong‐Hyeok

doi:10.1039/c4cc09518a

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“…72 Compartmentalization of the micelle corona has also been achieved through interpolyelectrolyte complexation (see Figure 4a). [75][76][77][78][79] can induce the second self-assembly process, such as solvent composition/nature of nonsolvent, [80][81][82] temperature, 83 electrostatic interactions, 84,85 metal-coordination, [86][87][88] pH, 89 hydrogen bonding, [90][91][92] and crystallization (see Section 4). Reproduced with permission from ref.…”

Section: Multicompartment Nanoparticles From Bcpsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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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. As a result of rapidly expanding interest since the mid 1990s, substantial advances have been reported in terms of the development of morphological diversity and complexity, control over micelle dimensions, scale up, and applications in a range of areas from nanocomposites to nanomedicine.

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Section: Multicompartment Nanoparticles From Bcpsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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“…Recently, using anisotropic preassemblies as subunits for 1D self‐assembly has emerged as an efficient route to prepare 1D nanostructures . Through noncovalent interactions or chemical reactions, the anisotropic subunits created from block/graft copolymers can act as the monomer unit and “polymerize” themselves into a supramolecular polymer.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Under suitable conditions, the step polymerization of anisotropic MCMs into mesoscale supramolecular polymers can be triggered. Sohn and co‐workers demonstrated supramolecular polymer chains of diblock copolymer micelles . By increasing the polarity of the solvent, the preformed spherical micelles were converted to anisotropic subunits and polymerized into linear supramolecular chains.…”

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Supramolecular “Step Polymerization” of Preassembled Micelles: A Study of “Polymerization” Kinetics

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Macromol. Rapid Commun.

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In nature, sophisticated functional materials are created through hierarchical self-assembly of nanoscale motifs, which has inspired the fabrication of man-made materials with complex architectures for a variety of applications. Herein, a kinetic study on the self-assembly of spindle-like micelles preassembled from polypeptide graft copolymers is reported. The addition of dimethylformamide and, subsequently, a selective solvent (water) can generate a "reactive point" at both ends of the spindles as a result of the existence of structural defects, which induces the "polymerization" of the spindles into nanowires. Experimental results combined with dissipative particle dynamics simulations show that the polymerization of the micellar subunits follows a step-growth polymerization mechanism with a second-order reaction characteristic. The assembly rate of the micelles is dependent on the subunit concentration and on the activity of the reactive points. The present work reveals a law governing the self-assembly kinetics of micelles with structural defects and opens the door for the construction of hierarchical structures with a controllable size through supramolecular step polymerization.

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“…39 It presumably caused the coalescence of the spherical micelles and consequently the emergence of the elongated micellar structures. 13,40 This was also indicated by the dumbbell-like shape of the short wormlike micelles (denoted by red arrows) and the beam pod-like feature of the longer species (denoted by green arrows) (Fig. 2d).…”

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confidence: 66%