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Chemically Fueled Block Copolymer Self‐Assembly into Transient Nanoreactors **
Author(s) -
Würbser Michaela A.,
Schwarz Patrick S.,
Heckel Jonas,
Bergmann Alexander M.,
Walther Andreas,
Boekhoven Job
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemsystemschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2570-4206
DOI - 10.1002/syst.202100015
Subject(s) - nanoreactor , copolymer , micelle , transient (computer programming) , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , self assembly , reagent , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , molecule , nanoparticle , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , polymer , engineering , composite material , operating system , aqueous solution
In chemically fueled supramolecular materials, molecular self‐assembly is coupled to a fuel‐driven chemical reaction cycle. The fuel‐dependence makes the material dynamic and endows it with exciting properties like adaptivity and autonomy. In contrast to the large work on the self‐assembly of small molecules, we herein designed a diblock copolymer, which self‐assembles into transient micelles when coupled to a fuel‐driven chemical reaction cycle. Moreover, we used these transient block copolymer micelles to locally increase the concentration of hydrophobic reagents and thereby function as a transient nanoreactor.