Branched cylindrical micelles via crystallization-driven self-assembly

H Qiu, VA Du, MA Winnik, I Manners - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation of branched micelles by the growth of thinner-core cylindrical
micelles at the termini of the thicker-core cylindrical micelle seeds through crystallization …

Multi-armed micelles and block co-micelles via crystallization-driven self-assembly with homopolymer nanocrystals as initiators

H Qiu, G Cambridge, MA Winnik… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation of multi-armed micelles and block co-micelles using the
crystallization-driven self-assembly of crystalline-coil polyferrocenylsilane block copolymers …

Synthesis and crystallization-driven solution self-assembly of polyferrocenylsilane diblock copolymers with polymethacrylate corona-forming blocks

N McGrath, FH Schacher, H Qiu, S Mann… - Polymer …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to increase the range of coronal chemistries available for crystallization-driven self-
assembly protocols a series of highly asymmetric diblock copolymers comprising a …

Branched micelles by living crystallization-driven block copolymer self-assembly under kinetic control

H Qiu, Y Gao, VA Du, R Harniman… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We have found that the width and shape (from rectangular to elliptical, to almost circular in
cross-section) of the crystalline core of fiberlike micelles of polyferrocenyldimethylsilane …

Self-seeding in one dimension: a route to uniform fiber-like nanostructures from block copolymers with a crystallizable core-forming block

J Qian, Y Lu, A Chia, M Zhang, PA Rupar, N Gunari… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
One-dimensional micelles formed by the self-assembly of crystalline-coil poly (
ferrocenyldimethylsilane)(PFS) block copolymers exhibit self-seeding behavior when …

Pointed‐oval‐shaped micelles from crystalline‐coil block copolymers by crystallization‐driven living self‐assembly

A Presa Soto, JB Gilroy, MA Winnik… - Angewandte …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Self-assembly of block copolymers in block-selective solvents can lead to a variety of
different morphologies with shapeand composition-dependent potential applications in …

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of block copolymer nanofibres with a crystalline core

J Tian, SH Xie, U Borucu, S Lei, Y Zhang, I Manners - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Seeded growth of crystallizable block copolymers and π-stacking molecular amphiphiles in
solution using living crystallization-driven self-assembly is an emerging route to fabricate …

Uniform 1D micelles and patchy & block comicelles via scalable, one-step crystallization-driven block copolymer self-assembly

S Song, X Liu, E Nikbin, JY Howe, Q Yu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fiber-like (1D) core-crystalline micelles of uniform length can be obtained in protocols
involving multiple steps from block copolymers (BCPs) in which crystallization of the core …

Gradient crystallization-driven self-assembly: cylindrical micelles with “patchy” segmented coronas via the coassembly of linear and brush block copolymers

JR Finnegan, DJ Lunn, OEC Gould… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers (BCPs) with a short crystallizable poly (ferrocenyldimethylsilane)(PFS)
core-forming block self-assemble in selective solvents to afford cylindrical micelles, the ends …

End-to-end coupling and network formation behavior of cylindrical block copolymer micelles with a crystalline polyferrocenylsilane core

SF Mohd Yusoff, JB Gilroy, G Cambridge… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cylindrical block copolymer micelles with a crystalline poly (ferrocenyldimethylsilane)(
PFDMS) core and a long corona-forming block are known to elongate through an epitaxial …