Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly

LR MacFarlane, H Shaikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

Polymer brushes: efficient synthesis and applications

C Feng, X Huang - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Polymer brushes are special macromolecular structures with polymer chains
densely tethered to another polymer chain (one-dimensional, 1D) or the surface of a planar …

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 …

π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers through living crystallization-driven self-assembly: preparation, properties and applications

J Ma, G Lu, X Huang, C Feng - Chemical Communications, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
π-Conjugated-polymer-based nanofibers (CPNFs) of controlled length, composition and
morphology are promising for a broad range of emerging applications in optoelectronics …

Continuous and segmented semiconducting fiber‐like nanostructures with spatially selective functionalization by living crystallization‐driven self‐assembly

D Tao, Z Wang, X Huang, M Tian, G Lu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fiber‐like π‐conjugated nanostructures are important components of flexible organic
electronic and optoelectronic devices. To broaden the range of potential applications, one …

Living Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Linear and V-Shaped Oligo(p-phenylene ethynylene)-Containing Block Copolymers: Architecture Effect of π …

J Nie, X Huang, G Lu, MA Winnik, C Feng - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Diblock copolymers (BCPs) with a π-conjugated block and an appropriate block ratio can
undergo crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) to form fiber-like micelles of uniform …

Templated PISA: Driving Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly towards Fibre Morphology

G Mellot, JM Guigner, L Bouteiller… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersions of block copolymer fibres in water have many potential applications and can be
obtained by polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA), but only under very restricted …

Self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers with sequence-controlled alternating hydrophilic–hydrophobic pendant side chains

KG Goswami, S Mete, SS Chaudhury… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
To design versatile ordered nanomorphologies from the alternating sequence-controlled
amphiphilic copolymers, in the current work, we have investigated the self-assembly …

Bottlebrush polymers based on RAFT and the “c1” Polymerization method: controlled synthesis and application in anticancer drug delivery

MQ Wang, H Zou, WB Liu, N Liu, ZQ Wu - ACS Macro Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, we reported a strategy to synthesize well-defined bottlebrush polymers.
Diazoacetate macromonomers of polystyrene (1-PS n) with controlled molecular weights …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and cellular uptake behaviors of uniform fiber-like micelles with length controllability and high colloidal stability in aqueous media

J Ma, C Ma, X Huang, PHH de Araujo, AK Goyal… - Fundamental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fragmentation/disassembly of fiber-like micelles generated by living crystalline-driven self-
assembly (CDSA) is usually encountered in aqueous media, which hinders the applications …