Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

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 …

Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals: from intricate structures to functional materials

MA Boles, M Engel, DV Talapin - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

From precision polymers to complex materials and systems

JF Lutz, JM Lehn, EW Meijer… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Complex chemical systems, such as living biological matter, are highly organized structures
based on discrete molecules in constant dynamic interactions. These natural materials can …

Polymer-guided assembly of inorganic nanoparticles

C Yi, Y Yang, B Liu, J He, Z Nie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their
enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of …

Advances in colloidal assembly: the design of structure and hierarchy in two and three dimensions

N Vogel, M Retsch, CA Fustin, A Del Campo… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The colloidal domain is characterized by the dimensions of its constituents in the range from
several nanometers to micrometers. Often, these individual entities are organized in …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly of block copolymer nano-objects via RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization

NJ Warren, SP Armes - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we discuss the recent development of polymerization-induced self-
assembly mediated by reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous …

Janus particle synthesis, assembly, and application

J Zhang, BA Grzybowski, S Granick - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Janus particles are colloidal particles with more than a single type of surface chemistry or
composition, ranging in size from hundreds of nanometers to a few micrometers. Like …

Modular assembly of superstructures from polyphenol-functionalized building blocks

J Guo, BL Tardy, AJ Christofferson, Y Dai… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The organized assembly of particles into superstructures is typically governed by specific
molecular interactions or external directing factors associated with the particle building …