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One‐Pot Synthesis of Amphiphilic Polymeric Janus Particles and Their Self‐Assembly into Supermicelles with a Narrow Size Distribution
Author(s) -
Nie Lei,
Liu Shiyong,
Shen Wenming,
Chen Daoyong,
Jiang Ming
Publication year - 2007
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.200700209
Subject(s) - janus , janus particles , desymmetrization , amphiphile , micelle , polymer science , nanotechnology , polymer , dispersity , nanoparticle , self assembly , chirality (physics) , chemistry , materials science , copolymer , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , enantioselective synthesis , engineering , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , quark , aqueous solution , nambu–jona lasinio model , catalysis
Not just a pretty structure : Water‐dispersible hybrid nanotubes were used as a desymmetrization tool to prepare Janus nanoparticles consisting of a hydrophobic sphere with water‐soluble polymer chains grafted on one side (see picture). The Janus micelles undergo self‐assembly to form supermicelles with a flowerlike morphology in which the constituent Janus particles are the “petals”.