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Cooperative Assembly of Block Copolymers with Deformable Interfaces: Toward Nanostructured Particles
Author(s) -
Jeon SeogJin,
Yi GiRa,
Yang SeungMan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200801377
Subject(s) - materials science , copolymer , self assembly , nanoscopic scale , nanostructure , nanotechnology , amphiphile , pickering emulsion , spheres , nanoparticle , polymer , composite material , physics , astronomy
Block copolymers confined in emulsion droplets self‐organize into polymeric particles, and cooperative self‐assembly driven by deformable interfacial properties produces unprecedented structural motifs such as prolates of stacked lamellae, oblates with biomimetic nanoscale architecture, and spheres with tori or helices (see figure). Interface‐mediated structural evolution provides a novel route for synthesizing functional particles with unique nanostructures.