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 …

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and self-assembly in
a single step with distinct efficiency that has set it apart from the conventional solution self …

The development of controlled/“living” polymerization greatly stimulated the prosperity of the
fabrication and application of block copolymer nano-objects. Controlled/“living” …

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 polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) process is a useful synthetic tool for the
efficient synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles of different morphologies. Recently, studies on …

Biological systems sense and respond to mechanical stimuli in a complex manner. In an
effort to develop synthetic materials that transduce mechanical force into multifold changes …

A chemical reaction that drives a physical polymer self-assembly process, namely,
polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA), combines block copolymer synthesis and …

Self-assembly of molecular and block copolymer amphiphiles represents a well-established
route to micelles with a wide variety of shapes and gel-like phases. We demonstrate an …

Block copolymer particles with controlled morphologies are of great significance in
nanomaterials and nanotechnology. However, ordered inverse morphologies are difficult to …

The preparation of well-defined nanoparticles based on soft matter, using solution-
processing techniques on a commercially viable scale, is a major challenge of widespread …