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Asymmetric Block Copolymers for Supramolecular Templating of Inorganic Nanospace Materials
Author(s) -
Bastakoti Bishnu Prasad,
Li Yunqi,
Kimura Tatsuo,
Yamauchi Yusuke
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201402573
Subject(s) - copolymer , template , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , micelle , nanotechnology , self assembly , nanostructure , porosity , polymer , molecule , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , aqueous solution
This review focuses on polymeric micelles consisting of asymmetric block copolymers as designed templates for several inorganic nanospace materials with a wide variety of compositions. The presence of chemically distinct domains of asymmetric triblock and diblock copolymers provide self‐assemblies with more diverse morphological and functional features than those constructed by EO n PO m EO n type symmetric triblock copolymers, thereby affording well‐designed nanospace materials. This strategy can produce unprecedented nanospace materials, which are very difficult to prepare through other conventional organic templating approaches. Here, the recent development on the synthesis of inorganic nanospace materials are mainly focused on, such as hollow spheres, tubes, and porous oxides, using asymmetric triblock copolymers.