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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 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.201907371
Subject(s) - micelle , mixing (physics) , copolymer , spheres , polymer , particle (ecology) , self assembly , materials science , kinetic energy , particle size , turbulence , chemical engineering , block (permutation group theory) , morphology (biology) , chemical physics , nanotechnology , chemistry , mechanics , physics , geometry , aqueous solution , classical mechanics , composite material , organic chemistry , mathematics , oceanography , engineering , quantum mechanics , astronomy , geology , genetics , biology
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.