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Tunable Supermicelle Architectures from the Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic Cylindrical B–A–B Triblock Co‐Micelles
Author(s) -
Qiu Huibin,
Russo Giuseppe,
Rupar Paul A.,
Chabanne Laurent,
Winnik Mitchell A.,
Manners Ian
Publication year - 2012
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.201205764
Subject(s) - micelle , amphiphile , copolymer , polar , block (permutation group theory) , crystallization , self assembly , core (optical fiber) , materials science , computer science , chemistry , crystallography , nanotechnology , polymer science , physics , organic chemistry , mathematics , combinatorics , telecommunications , polymer , astronomy , aqueous solution
Crossing the block : Amphiphilic cylindrical B–A–B triblock co‐micelles, micelle analogues of bolaamphiphiles, can be prepared by the crystallization‐driven living self‐assembly of diblock copolymers with core‐forming polyferrocenylsilane blocks. These novel co‐micelle building blocks form regular crossed or spherical supermicelles or elongated networks in polar media depending on the relative lengths of the A and B segments (see picture).