Issue 46, 2014

Self-assembly of nanostructured block copolymer nanoparticles

Abstract

In this highlight, we discuss the self-assembly of block copolymer (BCP) nanoparticles. We first review the state-of-art of hierarchical structural features of BCP nanoparticles due to 3D geometric confinement, both theory and experiments. Simultaneously, we highlight the applications based on these structural features: the generation of multifunctional hybrid nanoparticles, the fabrication of mesoporous BCP nanoparticles, and applications of using BCP nanoparticles as nanocontainers or nanocargos. Finally, we discuss the challenge in the fabrication and potential applications of nanostructured BCP nanoparticles.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of nanostructured block copolymer nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
16 Sep 2014
Accepted
03 Oct 2014
First published
03 Oct 2014

Soft Matter, 2014,10, 9212-9219

Author version available

Self-assembly of nanostructured block copolymer nanoparticles

Z. Jin and H. Fan, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9212 DOI: 10.1039/C4SM02064B

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