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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Supramolecular polymers or fibers are non-covalent assemblies of unimeric building blocks
connected by secondary interactions such as hydrogen bonds or π–π interactions. Such …

The synthesis and self-assembly of poly (lactide)-b-poly (acrylic acid) and poly (lactide)-b-
poly (dimethylaminoethylacrylate) block copolymers by a combination of ring-opening …

The catalytic hydrogenation of CO 2 to formic acid is one of the most promising pathways
towards a renewable hydrogen-storage system. The reaction is usually performed in …

We review previous works on polymer confined crystallization employing strategies that
allow confinement to go from the micron to the nanometer scale: droplets, blends, block …

We present a general mechanism for the solution self-assembly of crystalline-core micelles
(CCMs) from triblock copolymers bearing a semicrystalline polyethylene (PE) middle block …