Hollow block copolymer nanoparticles through a spontaneous one-step structural reorganization

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1120-1128

  Petzetakis, Nikos ^a   Robin, Mathew P ^a   Patterson, Joseph P ^a   Kelley, Elizabeth G ^b   Cotanda, Pepa ^a   Bomans, Paul H H ^c   Sommerdijk, Nico A J M ^c   Dove, Andrew P ^a   Epps, Thomas H ^b   O'Reilly, Rachel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

block copolymer; drying; hollow nanostructures; microscopy; nanoparticles; polymer; solution assembly

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL MICELLES; DRYING CONDITION; HOLLOW BLOCKS; HOLLOW NANOSTRUCTURES; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; NANOCAGES; NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); RE-SUSPENSION; SOLID CYLINDERS; STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

ASCORBIC ACID; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRYING; HEAVY METALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; CARBOPOL 940; NANOPARTICLE; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYESTERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84874413069     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400272p     Document Type: Article

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