Self-Assembly of block copolymers into internally ordered microparticles

CK Wong, X Qiang, AHE Müller, AH Gröschel - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly is one of the most versatile concepts for the bottom-up
design of functional nanostructures in materials science, nanomedicine and …

Responsive colloidal polymer particles with ordered mesostructures

R Deng, J Xu, GR Yi, JW Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive colloidal polymer particles with well‐defined shapes and ordered internal
mesostructures are attracting increasing attention because of their potential applications in …

100th anniversary of macromolecular science viewpoint: Block copolymer particles: Tuning shape, interfaces, and morphology

JJ Shin, EJ Kim, KH Ku, YJ Lee, CJ Hawker… - ACS Macro …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Confined assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) is receiving increasing attention due to the
ability to create unconventional morphologies that cannot be observed in the corresponding …

Responsive photonic crystal microcapsules of block copolymers with enhanced monochromaticity

Y Yang, Y Chen, Z Hou, F Li, M Xu, Y Liu, D Tian… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) has been developed as a promising approach for
constructing photonic crystal (PC) microspheres for dynamic optical modulation. However …

Tadpole-Like Anisotropic Polymer/Lipid Janus Nanoparticles for Nose-to-Brain Drug Delivery: Importance of Geometry, Elasticity on Mucus-Penetration Ability

B Okmen Altas, GD Kalaycioglu… - Molecular …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Asymmetric geometry (aspect ratio> 1), moderate stiffness (ie, semielasticity), large surface
area, and low mucoadhesion of nanoparticles are the main features to reach the brain by …

Dual/Triple Template‐Induced Evolved Emulsion for Controllable Construction of Anisotropic Carbon Nanoparticles from Concave to Convex

Y Liu, S Liu, Y Tian, X Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Anisotropic mesoporous carbon (AMC) nanoparticles with asymmetric external
morphologies, topological internal structure, and superior performance of carbon species …

Shape-Controlled Anisotropic Block Copolymer Particles via Interfacial Engineering of Multiple-Phase Emulsions

Z Tan, EJ Kim, S Li, SM Hur, JJ Shin, BJ Kim - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers (BCPs) confined within nonspherical emulsion droplets can assemble into
anisotropic particles with tunable shapes and internal structures. Here, we present a …

Deformable block copolymer microparticles by controllable localization of pH-responsive nanoparticles

Z Hou, M Ren, K Wang, Y Yang, J Xu, J Zhu - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
The emulsion-solvent evaporation method has been widely employed as a route to achieve
three-dimensional confined assembly for preparing block copolymer (BCP) microparticles …

Optically active Janus particles constructed by chiral helical polymers through emulsion polymerization combined with solvent evaporation-induced phase separation

Y Zhang, L Kang, H Huang, J Deng - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polymer Janus particles (PJPs) have been extensively investigated due to their intriguing
features which cannot be achieved in traditional counterparts. Chiral polymer particles also …

Solvent effects leading to a variety of different 2D structures in the self-assembly of a crystalline-coil block copolymer with an amphiphilic corona-forming block

S Song, Q Yu, H Zhou, G Hicks, H Zhu, CK Rastogi… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe a polyferrocenyldimethylsilane (PFS) block copolymer (BCP), PFS27-bP
(TDMA65-ran-OEGMA69)(the subscripts refer to the mean degrees of polymerization), in …