Concepts, fabrication methods and applications of living crystallization-driven self-assembly of block copolymers

S Ganda, MH Stenzel - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) has emerged as a technique that is able
to perform solution phase self-assembly of semi-crystalline block copolymers in a controlled …

Directed self-assembly of block copolymers: a tutorial review of strategies for enabling nanotechnology with soft matter

H Hu, M Gopinadhan, CO Osuji - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly of soft materials is broadly considered an attractive means of generating
nanoscale structures and patterns over large areas. However, the spontaneous formation of …

Emerging applications for living crystallization-driven self-assembly

L MacFarlane, C Zhao, J Cai, H Qiu, I Manners - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Probing the growth kinetics for the formation of uniform 1D block copolymer nanoparticles by living crystallization-driven self-assembly

CE Boott, EM Leitao, DW Hayward, RF Laine… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Living crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) is a seeded growth method for
crystallizable block copolymers (BCPs) and related amphiphiles in solution and has recently …

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

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

Enabling future nanomanufacturing through block copolymer self-assembly: A review

C Cummins, R Lundy, JJ Walsh, V Ponsinet, G Fleury… - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-assembly approaches, eg colloidal, emulsion and polymer phase separation, provide
scientists with an exotic yet direct platform to access technologically desired nanostructures …

Autonomous discovery of emergent morphologies in directed self-assembly of block copolymer blends

GS Doerk, A Stein, S Bae, MM Noack, M Fukuto… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) is a powerful approach to
fabricate complex nanostructure arrays, but finding morphologies that emerge with changes …

Scalable fiber-like micelles and block co-micelles by polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly

AM Oliver, J Gwyther, CE Boott, S Davis… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled 1D block copolymer nanoparticles (micelles) are of interest for a range of
applications. However, morphologically pure samples are often challenging to access, and …

(Bio) degradable and biocompatible Nano-objects from polymerization-induced and crystallization-driven self-assembly

C Zhu, J Nicolas - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) and crystallization-driven self-assembly
(CDSA) techniques have emerged as powerful approaches to produce a broad range of …

Block copolymer solution self‐assembly: Recent advances, emerging trends, and applications

M Karayianni, S Pispas - Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …