Synthesis and applications of anisotropic nanoparticles with precisely defined dimensions

AK Pearce, TR Wilks, MC Arno… - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

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 …

Self-assembly of copolymer micelles: higher-level assembly for constructing hierarchical structure

Y Lu, J Lin, L Wang, L Zhang, C Cai - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the self-assembly of copolymer micelles has become an appealing frontier
of supramolecular chemistry as a strategy to construct superstructures with multiple levels of …

Precise control of two-dimensional hexagonal platelets via scalable, one-pot assembly pathways using block copolymers with crystalline side chains

F Teng, B Xiang, L Liu, S Varlas… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) in selective
solvents provides a promising route for direct access to two-dimensional (2D) platelet …

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 …

Crystallization assisted self-assembly of semicrystalline block copolymers

WN He, JT Xu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
The self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) in the presence of crystallization as the
second driving force is reviewed, for BCPs in the bulk, thin films, single crystals and micelles …

Monodisperse Fiber-like Micelles of Controlled Length and Composition with an Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Core via “Living” Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly

D Tao, C Feng, Y Cui, X Yang, I Manners… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report the preparation of a series of fiber-like micelles of narrow length distribution with
an oligo (p-phenylenevinylene)(OPV)-core and a poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) …

Non-centrosymmetric cylindrical micelles by unidirectional growth

PA Rupar, L Chabanne, MA Winnik, I Manners - Science, 2012 - science.org
Although solution self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) represents one of the most
promising approaches to the creation of nanoparticles from soft matter, the formation of non …

Polyferrocenylsilanes: synthesis, properties, and applications

RLN Hailes, AM Oliver, J Gwyther, GR Whittell… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This in-depth review covers progress in the area of polyferrocenylsilanes (PFS), a well-
established, readily accessible class of main chain organosilicon metallopolymer consisting …

The physics of polymer chain-folding

W Hu - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Chain-folding represents a motif configuration in lamellar polymer crystals as well as in
protein beta-sheets. This report presents a survey on our current understanding about …