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Cover Picture: Toroidal Micelles of Uniform Size from Diblock Copolymers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 25/2009)
Author(s) -
Huang Haiying,
Chung Bonghoon,
Jung Jueun,
Park HaeWoong,
Chang Taihyun
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200990127
Subject(s) - micelle , copolymer , cover (algebra) , toroid , materials science , nanoparticle , ring (chemistry) , polymer chemistry , ring size , chemical engineering , polymer science , nanotechnology , physics , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , polymer , engineering , mechanical engineering , plasma , quantum mechanics , aqueous solution
Pure toroidal micelles of highly uniform shape and size are presented by T. Chang et al. in their Communication on page 4594 ff. The donut‐shaped micelles are prepared by spontaneous self‐assembly of a polyisoprene‐ block ‐poly(2‐vinylpyridine) copolymer, and are stable enough to act as a template for the growth of gold nanoparticles along the ring surface.