The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

Shape and size play powerful roles in determining the properties of a material; controlling
these aspects with precision is therefore an important, fundamental goal of the chemical …

The self‐assembly process of block copolymers (BCPs) in solution has been at the focus of
extended scientific research over the past several decades owing to the astonishing …

The use of crystallization as a tool to control the self-assembly of polymeric and molecular
amphiphiles in solution is attracting growing attention for the creation of non-spherical …

The field of polymer nanocomposites has been at the forefront of research in the polymer
community for the past few decades. Foundational work published in Macromolecules …

The creation of nanoparticles with controlled and uniform dimensions and spatially defined
functionality is a key challenge. The recently developed living crystallization-driven self …

The ideal of living polymerization has defined research in polymer chemistry over the past
50 years. In this Perspective, we present the case that this concept has enabled the …

Molecular self-assembly under kinetic control is expected to yield nanostructures that are
inaccessible through the spontaneous thermodynamic process. Moreover, time-dependent …

The self-assembly of chemical entities represents a very attractive way to create a large
variety of ordered functional structures and complex matter. Although much effort has been …

This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of
block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance …