Block copolymer mimetic self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3309-3318

  Guo, Yunyong ^a   Harirchian Saei, Saman ^a   Izumi, Celly M S ^a   Moffitt, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

block copolymers; Inorganic nanoparticles; molecular mimics; nanostructured assemblies; self assembly; structural hierarchy

Indexed keywords

ACID ADDITION; AMPHIPHILICS; AQUEOUS MEDIA; BILAYER VESICLES; BUILDING BLOCKES; DESIGN STRATEGIES; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; IONIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; KINETIC STRUCTURE; LAMELLAR ORGANIZATIONS; MOLECULAR MIMICS; MULTISCALES; NANOSTRUCTURED ASSEMBLIES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; POLAR SOLVENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SOLUTION SELF-ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL HIERARCHY; THREE DIMENSIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HYDROPHILICITY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79955400031     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200450c     Document Type: Article

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