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Kinetic Control of Aggregation Shape in Micellar Self‐Assembly
Author(s) -
Buckinx AxelLaurenz,
Verstraete Kirsten,
Baeten Evelien,
Tabor Rico F.,
Sokolova Anna,
Zaquen Neomy,
Junkers Tanja
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201907371
Subject(s) - micelle , mixing (physics) , copolymer , self assembly , polymer , spheres , particle (ecology) , chemical engineering , particle size , kinetic energy , chemical physics , kinetic control , materials science , block (permutation group theory) , chemistry , nanotechnology , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , geometry , classical mechanics , oceanography , quantum mechanics , astronomy , mathematics , geology , engineering
The first steps towards top‐down morphology control in micellar self‐assembly are introduced. Kinetically stable micelles are formed from block copolymers (BCPs) using continuous flow techniques by turbulent mixing of water with a THF solution of polymers. In this way, particle shape and size can be altered from spheres to ellipsoids solely via tuning of mixing parameters from a single BCP.