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 …

Symmetric shapes and patterns are fascinating and preferred by humans as symmetric
stimuli of any kind are more easily processed by the visual systems than their asymmetric …

This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of
block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance …

The interest in confined crystallization has greatly increased with the development and
progress of nanotechnology applications. Polymeric confined crystallization has been …

Non-spherical nanostructures derived from soft matter and with uniform size—that is,
monodisperse materials—are of particular utility and interest, but are very rare outside the …

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 …

Fiber-like micelles based on biodegradable and biocompatible polymers exhibit
considerable promise for applications in nanomedicine, but until recently no convenient …

We present an overview of existing theories of block polymer micelles. We focus here on the
equilibrium structure of nanoaggregates formed by solvophobic/solvophilic diblock …

We present evidence for “living”-like behavior in the crystallization-driven self-assembly of
triblock copolymers with crystallizable polyethylene middle blocks into worm-like crystalline …

The progress in synthetic polymer chemistry has allowed the precise design of hybrid and
multifunctional colloidal particles, which differ in type, size and shape, thus enhancing their …