Dispersity effects in polymer self-assemblies: a matter of hierarchical control

KEB Doncom, LD Blackman, DB Wright… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Advanced applications of polymeric self-assembled structures require a stringent degree of
control over such aspects as functionality location, morphology and size of the resulting …

A close look at molecular self-assembly with the transmission electron microscope

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, BP Carpenter, R Talosig… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular self-assembly is pervasive in the formation of living and synthetic materials.
Knowledge gained from research into the principles of molecular self-assembly drives …

Precision epitaxy for aqueous 1D and 2D poly (ε-caprolactone) assemblies

MC Arno, M Inam, Z Coe, G Cambridge… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The fabrication of monodisperse nanostructures of highly controlled size and morphology
with spatially distinct functional regions is a current area of high interest in materials science …

1D vs. 2D shape selectivity in the crystallization-driven self-assembly of polylactide block copolymers

M Inam, G Cambridge, A Pitto-Barry, ZPL Laker… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
2D materials such as graphene, LAPONITE® clays or molybdenum disulfide nanosheets are
of extremely high interest to the materials community as a result of their high surface area …

The analysis of solution self-assembled polymeric nanomaterials

JP Patterson, MP Robin, C Chassenieux… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been much interest in the construction of soft nanomaterials in solution due to a
desire to emulate the exquisite structure and function of Nature's equivalents (eg enzymes …

Structural reorganization of cylindrical nanoparticles triggered by polylactide stereocomplexation

L Sun, A Pitto-Barry, N Kirby, TL Schiller… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Co-crystallization of polymers with different configurations/tacticities provides access to
materials with enhanced performance. The stereocomplexation of isotactic poly (l-lactide) …

Dextran-b-poly (lactide-co-glycolide) polymersome for oral delivery of insulin: In vitro and in vivo evaluation

M Alibolandi, F Alabdollah, F Sadeghi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Insulin is the first line therapy in type 1 diabetes and usually patients suffer from three or
more daily insulin injections. It is obvious that patient compliance can be improved greatly if …

Biomimetic radical polymerization via cooperative assembly of segregating templates

R McHale, JP Patterson, PB Zetterlund, RK O'reilly - Nature chemistry, 2012 - nature.com
Segregation and templating approaches have been honed by billions of years of evolution
to direct many complex biological processes. Nature uses segregation to improve …

Tuning the Size of Cylindrical Micelles from Poly(l-lactide)-b-poly(acrylic acid) Diblock Copolymers Based on Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly

L Sun, N Petzetakis, A Pitto-Barry, TL Schiller… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A series of poly (l-lactide)-b-poly (acrylic acid)(PLLA-b-PAA) diblock copolymers with a
range of hydrophobic or hydrophilic block lengths were designed in order to tune the size of …

Observation of liquid–liquid-phase separation and vesicle spreading during supported bilayer formation via liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy

A Rizvi, JT Mulvey, JP Patterson - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (LP-TEM) enables the real-time visualization
of nanoscale dynamics in solution. This technique has been used to study the formation and …