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Multicompartment Micelles Formed by Self‐Assembly of Linear ABC Triblock Copolymers in Aqueous Medium
Author(s) -
Kubowicz Stephan,
Baussard JeanFrançois,
Lutz JeanFrançois,
Thünemann Andreas F.,
von Berlepsch Hans,
Laschewsky André
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200500584
Subject(s) - copolymer , micelle , aqueous medium , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , materials science , self assembly , fluorocarbon , hydrophobic effect , block (permutation group theory) , polymer chemistry , nanometre , amphiphile , polymer science , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , composite material , polymer , geometry , mathematics , engineering
Like a doughnut with a raspberry filling : ABC triblock copolymers, composed of a hydrophilic block with morpholinium units (blue in the picture), a hydrophobic hydrocarbon block (red), and a hydrophobic fluorocarbon‐rich block (black), self‐assemble in water to form multicompartment micelles with a hydrophilic corona and a hydrophobic core with nanometer‐scale subdomains.