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Kim J, Lee K, Kim S, Sohn BH. Orientation and stretching of supracolloidal chains of diblock copolymer micelles by spin-coating process. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:10377-10387. [PMID: 38739015 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00663a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Supracolloidal chains consisting of nano- or micro-scale particles exhibit anisotropic properties not observed in individual particles. The orientation of the chains is necessary to manifest such characteristics on a macroscopic scale. In this study, we demonstrate the orientation of supracolloidal chains composed of nano-scale micelles of a diblock copolymer through spin-coating. We observed separate chains coated on a substrate with electron microscopy, and analyzed the orientation and stretching of the chains quantitatively with image analysis software. In drop-casting, the chains were coated randomly with no preferred orientation, and the degree of stretching exhibited an intrinsic semi-flexible nature. In contrast, spin-coated chains were aligned in the radial direction, and the apparent persistence length of the chain increased, confirming the stretching of the chain quantitatively. Furthermore, by incorporating fluorophores into supracolloidal chains and confirming the oriented chains with confocal fluorescence microscopy, it is demonstrated that oriented chains can be utilized as a template to align functional materials.
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- Jaemin Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Lee K, Sohn BH. Step-growth polymerization of supracolloidal chains from patchy micelles of diblock copolymers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 648:727-735. [PMID: 37321092 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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HYPOTHESIS The formation of supracolloidal chains from the patchy micelles of diblock copolymers bears a close resemblance to traditional step-growth polymerization of difunctional monomers in many aspects, including chain-length evolution, size distribution, and initial-concentration dependence. Thus, understanding the colloidal polymerization based on the step-growth mechanism can offer potential control over the formation of supracolloidal chains in terms of chain structure and reaction rate. EXPERIMENTS We analyzed the size evolution of supracolloidal chains of patchy micelles of PS-b-P4VP by investigating a large number of colloidal chains visualized in SEM images. We varied the initial concentration of patchy micelles to achieve a high degree of polymerization and a cyclic chain. To manipulate the polymerization rate, we also changed the ratio of water to DMF and adjusted the patch size by employing PS(25)-b-P4VP(7) and PS(145)-b-P4VP(40). FINDINGS We confirmed the step-growth mechanism for the formation supracolloidal chains from patchy micelles of PS-b-P4VP. Based on this mechanism, we were able to achieve a high degree of polymerization early in the reaction by increasing the initial concentration and form cyclic chains by diluting the solution. We also accelerated colloidal polymerization by increasing the ratio of water to DMF in the solution and patch size by using PS-b-P4VP with a larger molecular weight.
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- Kyunghyeon Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Cui Y, Wang J, Liang J, Qiu H. Molecular Engineering of Colloidal Atoms. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207609. [PMID: 36799197 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Creation of architectures with exquisite hierarchies actuates the germination of revolutionized functions and applications across a wide range of fields. Hierarchical self-assembly of colloidal particles holds the promise for materialized realization of structural programing and customizing. This review outlines the general approaches to organize atom-like micro- and nanoparticles into prescribed colloidal analogs of molecules by exploiting diverse interparticle driving motifs involving confining templates, interactive surface ligands, and flexible shape/surface anisotropy. Furthermore, the self-regulated/adaptive co-assembly of simple unvarnished building blocks is discussed to inspire new designs of colloidal assembly strategies.
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- Yan Cui
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Yao Y, Gao L, Cai C, Lin J, Lin S. Supramolecular Polymerization of Polymeric Nanorods Mediated by Block Copolymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216872. [PMID: 36604302 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Introducing a second component is an effective way to manipulate polymerization behavior. However, this phenomenon has rarely been observed in colloidal systems, such as polymeric nanoparticles. Here, we report the supramolecular polymerization of polymeric nanorods mediated by block copolymers. Experimental observations and simulation results illustrate that block copolymers surround the polymeric nanorods and mainly concentrate around the two ends, leaving the hydrophobic side regions exposed. These polymeric nanorods connect in a side-by-side manner through hydrophobic interactions to form bundles. As polymerization progresses, the block copolymers gradually deposit onto the bundles and finally assemble into helical nanopatterns on the outermost surface, which terminates the polymerization. It is anticipated that this work could offer inspiration for a general strategy of controllable supramolecular polymerization.
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- Yike Yao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Jeon J, Kang H, Lee K, Sohn BH. Patch formation on diblock copolymer micelles confined in templates for inducing patch orientation and cyclic colloidal molecules. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 616:813-822. [PMID: 35248968 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Chemically or physically distinct patches can be induced on the micelles of amphiphilic block copolymers, which facilitate directional binding for the creation of hierarchical structures. Hence, control over the direction of patches on the micelles is a crucial factor to attain the directionality on the interactions between the micelles, particularly for generating colloidal molecules mimicking the symmetry of molecular structures. We hypothesized that direction and combination of the patches could be controlled by physical confinement of the micelles. EXPERIMENTS We first confined spherical micelles of diblock copolymers in topographic templates fabricated from nanopatterns of block copolymers by adjusting the coating conditions. Then, patch formation was conducted on the confined micelles by exposing them with a core-favorable solvent. Microscopic techniques of SEM, TEM, and AFM were employed to investigate directions of patches and structures of combined micelles in the template. FINDINGS The orientation of the patches on the micelles was guided by the physical confinement of the micelles in linear trenches. In addition, by confining the micelles in a circular hole, we obtained a specific polygon arrangement of the micelles depending on the number of micelles in the hole, which enabled the formation of cyclic colloidal molecules consisting of micelles.
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- Jonghyuk Jeon
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Jiang L, Wang L, Li S, Huang W, Xue X, Yang H, Jiang Q, Jiang B, Chen D. Noncovalent Postmodification Guided Reversible Compartmentalization of Polymeric Micelles. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:687-692. [PMID: 35570808 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Compartmentalized micelles (CMs) are promising tailor-made soft matters that mimic natural designed structures and functions. Despite the structure of complex CMs, manipulating CM structures accessibly and reversibly remains elusive. Here, we report the fabrication of CMs via a generally valid noncovalent postmodification process. Starting from precursor micelles (PMs) based on one diblock copolymer, aromatic modification leads to the compartmentalization of PMs into well-defined spherical CMs. Control over compartment number, size and distribution in CMs, and segment distribution in their linear hierarchical assemblies is attained by simply tuning the postmodification degree and solvent composition. We also demonstrate the reversible transformation between PM and CMs during several heating-cooling cycles, which endows the micelles with potential in reversible functional transitions in situ close to nature's capability. Moreover, both hierarchically assembled or ill-structured micelles can rearrange into homogeneous CMs after one heating-cooling cycle, featuring the postmodification guided compartmentalization strategy with unprecedented micelle reproducibility.
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- Li Jiang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Polymeric Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Fan X, Walther A. 1D Colloidal chains: recent progress from formation to emergent properties and applications. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4023-4074. [PMID: 35502721 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00112h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; i.e., spheres) into higher dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent properties non-existent or only weakly existent in the individual building blocks. Constructing 1D chains, 2D arrays and 3D superlattices using nanoparticles and colloids therefore continues to be one of the grand goals in colloid and nanomaterial science. Amongst these higher order structures, 1D colloidal chains are of particular interest, as they possess unique anisotropic properties. In recent years, the most relevant advances in 1D colloidal chain research have been made in novel synthetic methodologies and applications. In this review, we first address a comprehensive description of the research progress concerning various synthetic strategies developed to construct 1D colloidal chains. Following this, we highlight the amplified and emergent properties of the resulting materials, originating from the assembly of the individual building blocks and their collective behavior, and discuss relevant applications in advanced materials. In the discussion of synthetic strategies, properties, and applications, particular attention will be paid to overarching concepts, fresh trends, and potential areas of future research. We believe that this comprehensive review will be a driver to guide the interdisciplinary field of 1D colloidal chains, where nanomaterial synthesis, self-assembly, physical property studies, and material applications meet, to a higher level, and open up new research opportunities at the interface of classical disciplines.
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- Xinlong Fan
- Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Str. 31, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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- A3BMS Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Zhang M, Ren M, Zhang Y, Hou Z, Liu S, Zhang L, Xu J, Zhu J. Shaping Block Copolymer Microparticles by Positively Charged Polymeric Nanoparticles. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200143. [PMID: 35396780 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Shape-transforming block copolymer (BCP) microparticles have attracted extensive attention due to their promising applications in nanotechnology, biomedicines, interfacial science, and other fields. As their performance is highly associated to their shape and structure, it is highly important to realize the precise control of particle shape. In this report, we propose a method to regulate the shape and structure of polystyrene-b-polydimethoxysiloxane (PS-b-PDMS) microparticles by using positively charged core-crosslinked nanoparticles (CNPs) as a co-surfactant, combining with cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The electrostatic repulsive interactions between CNPs and CTAB dominate the shape of PS-b-PDMS particles. Upon introducing NaCl, the electrostatic repulsion is reduced, resulting in the reshape of PS-b-PDMS particles from striped Janus ellipsoids to onion-like microspheres at a critical concentration of NaCl (cNaCl ). Interestingly, we find that the critical cNaCl first increased then reached a plateau, as the increase in the crosslinking degree of the CNPs. Our work provides a simple strategy to tailor the morphology of BCPs by manipulating the electrostatic interaction. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Mengmeng Zhang
- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China
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Ahn NY, Kwon S, Cho S, Kang C, Jeon J, Lee WB, Lee E, Kim Y, Seo M. In Situ Supramolecular Polymerization of Micellar Nanoobjects Induced by Polymerization. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:149-155. [PMID: 35574796 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Supramolecular polymerization offers a fascinating opportunity to develop dynamic soft materials by associating monomeric building blocks via noncovalent interactions. We report that polymerization can spontaneously drive the supramolecular polymerization of nanoscale micellar objects. We constructed the patchy micelles via two-step polymerization-induced self-assembly. A horizontal association between the patches results in a 1D supermicellar chain in situ by minimizing the enthalpic penalty of exposing the growing chains to solvent. Its length grows with increasing degree of polymerization, confirming that the supramolecular polymerization was triggered and controlled by polymerization. Our results highlight the observation that (1) the entire self-assembly process of forming, compartmentalizing, and associating the micelles can be driven by polymerization in a concerted manner and that (2) polymerization-induced self-assembly now can use compartmentalized nanoobjects as substrates beyond block copolymer chains. Polymerization-induced supramolecular polymerization could be useful for the autonomous preparation of hierarchical nanostructures.
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- Nam Young Ahn
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
- KAIST Institute for Nanocentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Hu S, Yan J, Yang G, Ma C, Yin J. Self-Assembled Polymeric Materials: Design, Morphology, and Functional-Oriented Applications. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 43:e2100791. [PMID: 34967061 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This Review focuses on the current research advances of the synthesis of various amphiphilic block copolymers (ABCs), such as conventional ABCs and newly-presented polyprodrug amphiphiles (PPAs), and the development of corresponding self-assemblies in selective solvents driven by the intermolecular interactions, like noncovalent hydrophobic interactions, π-π interactions, and hydrogen bonds, between ABCs or preformed small polymeric nanoparticles. The design of these assemblies is systematically introduced, and the diverse examples concerning the unique assembly structures along with the fast development of their exclusive properties and various applications in different fields were discussed. Possible perspectives on the existential challenges and glorious future were elucidated finally. We hope this review will provide a convenient way for readers to motivate more evolutional innovative concepts and methods to design next generation of novel polymeric nanoassemblies, and fill the gap between material design and practical applications. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Shoukui Hu
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology and Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering Hefei, Anhui, 230009, P. R. China
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Lee K, Kim JY, Kim K, Jeon J, Kang H, Sohn BH. Porous self-supporting film of semi-flexible supracolloidal chains of diblock copolymer micelles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:804-810. [PMID: 34052531 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Patchy micelles of diblock copolymers can be polymerized into a linear supracolloidal chain. We measure the persistence and contour lengths of supracolloidal chains coated on a solid substrate to evaluate their flexibility. Based on the analysis, the chain is semi-flexible, and the conformation is suitably explained by the worm-like chain model. In addition, utilizing a spin-coating technique with the semi-flexible nature of the chains, we produce a self-supporting film of supracolloidal chains having nanoscale pores essentially from colloidal constituents that tend to form dense packing if there is no prior organization of them into a semi-flexible chain.
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- Kyunghyeon Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Feng W, Wang L, Lv Y, Liu F, Lin S. Crosslinking Modulated Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Rod–Coil Diblock Copolymer Patchy Nanoparticles. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Weisheng Feng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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In situ conversion from crew-cut to hairy micelles by surface-initiated polymerization. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 603:468-477. [PMID: 34214723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Whether spherical micelles of block copolymers have short or long coronas is intrinsically determined by the molecular weight of the corona-forming block with respect to that of the core block before the micelles are assembled. Because of the inherent conditions of packing copolymer chains into a micelle, the core diameter is altered when we assemble a micelle from a block copolymer having a long corona block, compared to that having a short corona block with the same length of the core block. However, micelles with the same core diameter but having various corona lengths can be guaranteed when the corona is extended upon surface-initiated polymerization on the micelles. Herein, we demonstrated in situ conversion from crew-cut to hairy micelles by selectively extending a corona block while maintaining the spherical shape of block copolymer micelles. We first synthesized block copolymers having a chain transfer agent (CTA) positioned at the end of the corona block and then assembled them into a crew-cut micelle. Employing this micelle as an assembly of macro-CTAs, we conducted surface-initiated polymerization on the micelle by photo-induced energy/electron transfer reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (PET-RAFT) polymerization. Since PET-RAFT enables the polymerization at room temperature, the corona block was selectively extended with preservation of the core diameter, thereby converting a crew-cut micelle to a hairy one. In addition, by applying the same polymerization protocol to a worm-like micelle, we could selectively extend the coronas, leading to the formation of a worm-like micelle with a long corona. If such copolymer chains were assembled into a micelle, we would obtain a spherical micelle instead of a worm-like micelle having a hairy corona, which is difficult to assess because of the inherent packing problem.
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Sun Y, Gao F, Yao Y, Jin H, Li X, Lin S. Light-Induced Reversible Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers into Microscopic Vesicles with Tunable Optical and Nanocarrier Properties. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:525-530. [PMID: 35570756 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In contrast to the conventional hierarchical self-assembly process, effective methods to enable reversible hierarchical self-assembly of block copolymers are comparatively few and limited in scope. Herein, we report, for the first time, a simple yet robust strategy for light-induced reversible hierarchical self-assembly of an amphiphilic diblock copolymer, poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly[6-[4-(4-butyloxyphenylazo)phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate] (denoted P4VP-b-PAzoMA). The hierarchical structures are constructed via a two-step self-assembly process (first-level reverse micelles, second-level compound micelles, and rearrangement into micrometer-sized vesicles) driven by use of solvent. Intriguingly, because of reversible photoinduced trans-to-cis isomerization of azobenzene moieties in PAzoMA, the vesicles could disassemble into subunits upon UV light and then recover the nearly identical vesicular morphology upon visible light. Such a reversible hierarchical self-assembly process is accompanied by reversible fluorescence, encapsulation, and controlled release of dyes and can be used as a template for the synthesis of nanoparticles. Clearly, the ability to render the light-enabled reversible hierarchical self-assembly provides a unique platform for smart delivery vehicles and templates for nanomaterials.
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- Yao Sun
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Zhang M, Hou Z, Wang H, Zhang L, Xu J, Zhu J. Shaping Block Copolymer Microparticles by pH-Responsive Core-Cross-Linked Polymeric Nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:454-460. [PMID: 33373522 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Block copolymer microparticles with controllable morphology have drawn widespread attention owing to their promising applications in photonic materials, energy storage, and other areas. Hence, it is highly desired to achieve a controllable transformation of microparticle morphology. In this work, we report a simple method to shape the morphology of polystyrene-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PS-b-PDMS) microparticles, by employing core-cross-linked polymeric nanoparticles (CNPs) as cosurfactants which are synthesized through cross-linking P4VP segment of PS-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P4VP). The addition of pH-responsive CNPs makes the shape of pH-inert PS-b-PDMS microparticles sensitive to pH value. The PS-b-PDMS microparticles transformed from elongated Janus pupa-like particles to onion-like particles by decreasing the pH value of the aqueous phase. The deformation mechanism is investigated by changing pH value, the weight fraction of CNPs, and surfactant property. This study provides a facile strategy to deform microparticles of pH-inert BCPs by tuning pH value, which is anticipated to be applicable to other non-pH-responsive BCP microparticles.
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- Mengmeng Zhang
- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Lab of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage (HUST) of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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Xiao J, He Q, Yang M, Li H, Qiu X, Wang B, Zhang B, Bu W. Hierarchical self-assembly of miktoarm star copolymers with pathway complexity. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01170c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The self-assembly of amphiphilic miktoarm star copolymers shows hierarchical pathway complexity from molecular building blocks to miktoarm stars to micellar nano-objects to complex hierarchical assemblies.
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- Jie Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry
- and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Lanzhou University
- Lanzhou
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Biutty MN, Zakia M, Yoo SI. Enhanced Photothermal Heating from
One‐dimensional
Assemblies of Au Nanoparticles Encapsulated by
TiO
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Shell. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Department of Polymer Engineering Pukyong National University Busan 48547 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering Pukyong National University Busan 48547 Republic of Korea
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Gao H, Gao L, Lin J, Lu Y, Wang L, Cai C, Tian X. Supramolecular Depolymerization of Nanowires Self-Assembled from Micelles. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Hongbing Gao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Lu Y, Lin J, Wang L, Zhang L, Cai C. Self-Assembly of Copolymer Micelles: Higher-Level Assembly for Constructing Hierarchical Structure. Chem Rev 2020; 120:4111-4140. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yingqing Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Li W, Palis H, Mérindol R, Majimel J, Ravaine S, Duguet E. Colloidal molecules and patchy particles: complementary concepts, synthesis and self-assembly. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:1955-1976. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00804g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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About the latest developments regarding self-assembly of textured colloids and its prospects.
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- Weiya Li
- Univ. Bordeaux
- CNRS
- ICMCB
- UMR 5026
- Pessac
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Yue X, Geng Z, Yan N, Jiang W. Hierarchical self-assembly of a PS-b-P4VP/PS-b-PNIPAM mixture into multicompartment micelles and their response to two-dimensional confinement. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:1194-1203. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05180e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Finely tuned synergistic effects among different blocks could realize intriguing hierarchical self-assembly of block copolymers and such hierarchical self-assembly could be manipulated by cylindrical confinement to tune the structures of assemblies.
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- Xuan Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun 130022
- China
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Gao H, Ma X, Lin J, Wang L, Cai C, Zhang L, Tian X. Synthesis of Nanowires via Temperature-Induced Supramolecular Step-Growth Polymerization. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Hongbing Gao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Zhu H, Cui Y, Wang J, Qiu H. Formation of disk-like micelles of triblock copolymers in frustrating solvents. RSC Adv 2019; 9:9443-9448. [PMID: 35520696 PMCID: PMC9062166 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01145e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Coil–coil block copolymers rarely self-assemble into flat low-curvature micelles due to the lack of proper interchain association. Here, we report a facile route to prepare disk-like micelles through the self-assembly of amphiphilic polystyrene-b-polybutadiene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) triblock copolymers in a mixture of acetone and cyclohexane, which shows distinct selectivity towards the PS, PB and P2VP blocks. Subtle solvation/aggregation of these blocks in this frustrating solvent system provides access to low-curvature micellar structures, and thus favors the formation of uniform disk-like micelles. Further variation of the volume ratio of the mixed solvents also leads to the emergence of other interesting morphologies, including disk arrays, disk clusters and perforated disk-like micelles. This work provides a complementary insight into the solution self-assembly of block copolymers in a view of selective solvents and demonstrates a distinctive pathway to unconventional micellar nanostructures through the use of complex solvent systems. Self-assembly of amphiphilic triblock copolymers in a frustrating solvent system leads to the formation of various low-curvature micellar structures.![]()
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- Hongyan Zhu
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China .,Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Zhangjiang Lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201204 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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Ma X, Gu M, Zhang L, Lin J, Tian X. Sequence-Regulated Supracolloidal Copolymers via Copolymerization-Like Coassembly of Binary Mixtures of Patchy Nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2019; 13:1968-1976. [PMID: 30624891 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Synthetic copolymers of molecular systems serve as an inspiration for creation of one-dimensional copolymer-like superstructures via coassembly of anisometric nanoparticles. In contrast to the covalent and molecular copolymers, the details of formation mechanisms of copolymer-like superstructures, as well as the factors determining their length and the sequences of arranged nanoparticles, are still poorly understood. Herein, we propose a joint theoretical-computational framework to probe into the coassembly mechanism and kinetics of binary mixtures of patchy nanoparticles. By applying the coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, it is demonstrated that the coassembly of patchy nanoparticles markedly resembles many aspects of molecular step-growth copolymerization, and the sequences of nanoparticles inside the copolymer-like superstructures can be finely regulated by the relative activity and the initial ingredient of patchy nanoparticles as well as the coassembly strategy. A quantitatively copolymerization-like model is developed to account for the coassembly kinetics of patchy nanoparticles and the sequence distribution of arranged nanoparticles, all governed by the elaborate design of lower-level building units. The jointly theoretical and simulated studies offer mechanistic insights into the copolymerization-like kinetics and the sequence prediction for the coassembly of binary mixtures of patchy nanoparticles, paving the way toward the rational design of copolymer-like superstructures with various sequences and functionalities.
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- Xiaodong Ma
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , China
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Lu Y, Gao L, Lin J, Wang L, Zhang L, Cai C. Supramolecular step-growth polymerization kinetics of pre-assembled triblock copolymer micelles. Polym Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00539k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pre-assembled copolymer micelles were found to “polymerize” into hierarchical nanowires, induced by the structural defects on the micelle surfaces.
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- Yingqing Lu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
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Ma X, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Lin J, Tian X. Polymerization-like kinetics of the self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into supracolloidal polymers. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:16873-16880. [PMID: 30168825 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr05310c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles is conceptually analogous to the polymerization of reactive monomers in molecular systems. However, less is known about the polymerization of colloidal nanoparticles into supracolloidal polymers. Herein, using coarse-grained molecular dynamics and theoretical analysis, we reveal the self-assembly mechanism and kinetics of colloidal nanoparticles constructed from triblock terpolymers. The results show that the formation pathway of supracolloidal polymers involves monomer condensation and oligomer coalescence through the manner of end-to-end collisions. In contrast to the polymerization kinetics of molecular systems, the simulations and theoretical analysis definitely demonstrate that the growth of supracolloidal polymers obeys diffusion-controlled step-growth polymerization kinetics with a variable rate coefficient, where the growth rate is dependent upon the concentration of colloidal nanoparticles and the molecular information of triblock terpolymers. Our findings possess wide implications for understanding the growth of supracolloidal polymers, which is important for the rational and precise design of one-dimensional self-assembled superstructures with new horizons for biomedical applications.
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- Xiaodong Ma
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Itagaki T, Kurauchi S, Uebayashi T, Uji H, Kimura S. Phase-Separated Molecular Assembly of a Nanotube Composed of Amphiphilic Polypeptides Having a Helical Hydrophobic Block. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:7158-7164. [PMID: 31458878 PMCID: PMC6644537 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Amphiphilic block polypeptides of poly(sarcosine)-b-(l- or d-Leu-Aib)6 (SL12OMe or SD12OMe) and poly(sarcosine)-b-(l-Leu-Aib)7 (SL14OMe) were reported to self-assemble into a nanotube morphology. Herein, we tried to construct a phase-separated nanotube by sticking two different kinds of nanotubes. SD12OMe nanotubes were found to stick to SL14OMe nanotubes with a heat treatment at 50 °C, but the sticking yield was limited. The amphiphilic polypeptides were functionalized by replacement of methyl ester with aromatic groups of N-ethylcarbazole (SL12Ecz) and naphthalimide (SD12NpiTEG), but they lost the ability to form homogeneous nanotubes. A fraction of the functionalized amphiphilic polypeptides mixing in the nanotube-forming amphiphilic polypeptides, a mixture of SL12OMe and SL12Ecz (9:1) as well as a mixture of SD12OMe and SD12NpiTEG (9:1), allowed nanotube formation. These two kinds of nanotubes partly stuck together with a heat treatment at 15 °C to maintain a segregated state of two kinds of aromatic groups along the nanotube, resulting in the formation of a phase-separated nanotube.
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Kim K, Jang S, Jeon J, Kang D, Sohn BH. Fluorescent Supracolloidal Chains of Patchy Micelles of Diblock Copolymers Functionalized with Fluorophores. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:4634-4639. [PMID: 29597351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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By selective attachment of fluorescent dyes to the core-forming block, we produced patchy micelles of diblock copolymers with fluorophores localized in the micellar cores. From these patchy micelles functionalized with dyes, fluorescent supracolloidal chains in a few micrometers were polymerized by combining the patches in neighboring micelles, indicating that selective modification of the core-forming block delivered the functionality into the supracolloidal chain without altering the polymerization of patchy micelles. Thus, with the same polymerization condition, we were able to produce red-, green-, and blue-emitting supracolloidal chains by varying the fluorescent dyes attached to the core-forming block. In addition, we directly visualized individual supracolloidal chains by fluorescence confocal microscopy as well as by transmission electron microscopy.
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- Kyungtae Kim
- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Seoul National University , Seoul 08826 , Republic of Korea
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This work describes the programmable self-assembly of ABC triblock terpolymers into patchy micelles and further to supracolloidal chains in water.
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- T.-L. Nghiem
- Physical Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- 45127 Essen
- Germany
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- Physical Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- 45127 Essen
- Germany
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- Physical Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen
- 45127 Essen
- Germany
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Yang C, Ma X, Lin J, Wang L, Lu Y, Zhang L, Cai C, Gao L. Supramolecular “Step Polymerization” of Preassembled Micelles: A Study of “Polymerization” Kinetics. Macromol Rapid Commun 2017; 39. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201700701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Chaoying Yang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials; State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering; Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering; East China University of Science and Technology; Shanghai 200237 China
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Jang S, Kim K, Jeon J, Kang D, Sohn BH. Supracolloidal chains of patchy micelles of diblock copolymers with in situ synthesized nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:6756-6760. [PMID: 28937168 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01497j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Supracolloidal chains of diblock copolymer micelles were functionalized with gold and silver nanoparticles (NPs). Both NPs were independently synthesized in situ in the core of spherical micelles which were then converted to patchy micelles. With these patchy micelles as colloidal monomers, supracolloidal chains were polymerized by combining the patches of neighboring micelles. Since all micelles contained NPs, NPs were incorporated in every repeat unit of chains. In addition, a single gold NP was synthesized in the micellar core in contrast to several silver NPs so that we differentiated the chains with Au NPs from those with Ag NPs by the number of NPs in the repeat unit as well as by plasmonic bands in UV-Vis spectra.
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- Sukwoo Jang
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Liu N, He Q, Wang Y, Bu W. Stepwise self-assembly of a block copolymer-platinum(ii) complex hybrid in solvents of variable quality: from worm-like micelles to free-standing sheets to vesicle-like nanostructures. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:4791-4798. [PMID: 28676879 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01055a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The self-assembly process of formation of worm-like micelles of a block copolymer-platinum(ii) complex hybrid is investigated with respect to the influence of solvent quality. When the solvent quality is moderately weakened, unilamellar free-standing sheets are achieved, in which the worm-like micelles snap off to form star micelles together with a few short worms. Extremely worsened solvent quality leads to unilamellar vesicle-like nanostructures, onto which only star micelles emerged. With the intermediate solvent quality, the sheets coexist with the vesicle-like nanostructures. This is well correlated with mechanistic insights regarding the morphological transition from sheet- to vesicle-like nanoassemblies. In these aggregates, short worms and star micelles still hold their core-shell structures. Furthermore, these unconventional superstructures are well interrelated with their luminescence properties. This result challenges the conventional paradigm of the amphiphilic self-assembly of surfactants and block copolymers in selective solvents, where they form bilayered nanostructures and are required universally to be rearranged during the morphological transition from micelles to vesicles.
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- Nijuan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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Tritschler U, Pearce S, Gwyther J, Whittell GR, Manners I. 50th Anniversary Perspective: Functional Nanoparticles from the Solution Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ulrich Tritschler
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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Wang C, Ma S, Hu Y, Wang R. Hierarchical Colloidal Polymeric Structure from Surfactant-Like Amphiphiles in Selective Solvents. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:3427-3433. [PMID: 28221045 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We investigated the self-assembly of surfactant-like amphiphiles consisting of a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail using the dissipative particle dynamics method. By controlling the interaction parameter between the hydrophilic head and the solvent, the length of the hydrophobic tail, the size of the hydrophilic head, and the polymer concentration, we found seven self-assembled morphologies, including spherelike micelles, pomegranate-like micelles, hierarchical colloidal polymeric (HCP) structures, pomegranate-like columnar structures, branched hybrid structures, disklike micelles, and vesicles. Importantly, the HCP structure widely existing in this system has a regular two-component alternating structure and prospective application in soft-matter nanotechnology. The formation process and the structural properties of the HCP structure are intensively studied. The dimension of the HCP structure is largely controlled by the hydrophobic tail and the polymer concentration.
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- Chenglin Wang
- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan University , Taian 271021, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, China
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Lee S, Jang S, Kim K, Jeon J, Kim SS, Sohn BH. Branched and crosslinked supracolloidal chains with diblock copolymer micelles having three well-defined patches. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:9430-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04994j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report controlled branching and eventual crosslinking in supracolloidal chains by introducing well-defined trifunctional patchy micelles.
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- Sanghwa Lee
- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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Chae S, Lee S, Kim K, Jang SW, Sohn BH. Fluorescent supracolloidal polymer chains with quantum dots. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:6475-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01218c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We demonstrate the fabrication of fluorescent supracolloidal chains functionalized with quantum dots, which were polymerized from patched micelles of diblock copolymers by adjusting the polarity of the solvent. Supracolloidal random and block chains with green- and red-emitting quantum dots were also synthesized.
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- Seungyong Chae
- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Seoul National University
- Seoul
- Korea
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Xu N, Han J, Zhu Z, Song B, Lu X, Cai Y. Directional supracolloidal self-assembly via dynamic covalent bonds and metal coordination. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:5546-5553. [PMID: 26068708 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00546a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An emerging strategy towards the sophistication of supramolecular nanomaterials is the use of supracolloidal self-assembly, in which micelles or colloids are used as building blocks. Binding directionality can produce nanostructures with attractive properties. Herein, we present a new directional supracolloidal self-assembly by virtue of dynamic covalent bonds and metal coordination in water. Conjugation of a ligand precursor to a water-soluble block copolymer through dynamic covalent bonds leads to the dehydration and micellization of the functionalized polymer. Reversible reaction facilitates the permeation of metal ions into core-shell interfaces. Conversely, metal-coordination promotes reaction over the interfaces. Cu(ii)-coordination occurs overwhelmingly inside each isolated micelle. However, Zn(ii)-coordination induced a directional self-assembly whose nanostructures evolve stepwise from nanorods, nanowires, necklaces, and finally to supracolloidal networks scaling-up to several tens of micrometres. Post-reactions of simultaneous dynamic covalent bond conversion and Zn(ii)-coordination over the core-shell interfaces endow these supracolloidal networks with a huge specific surface area for hydrophobic dative metal centres accessible to substrates in water. Water-soluble shells play important roles in directional supracolloidal assembly and in the stabilization of nanostructures. Thus the directional self-assembly provides a versatile platform to produce metallo-hybridized nanomaterials that are promising as enzyme-inspired aqueous catalysts.
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- Na Xu
- The Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
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Guo L, Ding Y, Han J, Xu N, Lu X, Cai Y. Reconstruction of Block Copolymer Micelles to Long-Range Ordered Dense Nanopatterns Via Light-Tunable Hydrogen-Bonding Association. Macromol Rapid Commun 2015; 36:1505-10. [PMID: 26033785 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Controlling the orientation and long-range order of nanostructures is a key issue in the self-assembly of block copolymer micelles. Herein, a versatile strategy is presented to transform one-component oxime-based block copolymer micelles into long-range ordered dense nanopatterns. Photoisomerization provides a straightforward and versatile approach to convert the hydrogen-bonding association from inward dimerization (E-type oxime motifs, slightly desolvated in ethyl acetate) into outward interchain association (Z-type ones, highly desolvated in ethyl acetate). This increases the glass transition temperature in bulk and converts swollen micelles into compact spherical micelles in solution. The reconstruction of these micelles on various substrates demonstrates that the phase transformation enables reconstruction of spherical micelles into mesoscopic sheets, nanorods, nanoworms, nanowires, networks, and eventually into long-range ordered and densely packed textile-like and lamellar nanopatterns on a macroscopic scale by adjusting E/Z-oxime ratio and solvent-evaporation rate.
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- Lei Guo
- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Lunn DJ, Finnegan JR, Manners I. Self-assembly of "patchy" nanoparticles: a versatile approach to functional hierarchical materials. Chem Sci 2015; 6:3663-3673. [PMID: 28706712 PMCID: PMC5496193 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01141h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The solution-phase self-assembly or “polymerization” of discrete colloidal building blocks, such as “patchy” nanoparticles and multicompartment micelles, is attracting growing attention with respect to the creation of complex hierarchical materials.
The solution-phase self-assembly or “polymerization” of discrete colloidal building blocks, such as “patchy” nanoparticles and multicompartment micelles, is attracting growing attention with respect to the creation of complex hierarchical materials. This approach represents a versatile method with which to transfer functionality at the molecular level to the nano- and microscale, and is often accompanied by the emergence of new material properties. In this perspective we highlight selected recent examples of the self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles which exploit directional interactions introduced through their shape or surface chemistry to afford a variety of hierarchical materials. We focus in particular on the solution self-assembly of block copolymers as a means to prepare multicompartment or “patchy” micelles. Due to their potential for synthetic modification, these constructs represent highly tuneable building blocks for the fabrication of a wide variety of functional assemblies.
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- David J Lunn
- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TS , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TS , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TS , UK .
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