Patchy Wormlike Micelles with Tailored Functionality by Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly: A Versatile Platform for Mesostructured Hybrid Materials

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2761-2771

  Schöbel, Judith ^a   Karg, Matthias ^a   Rosenbach, Dominic ^a   Krauss, Gert ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^a   Schmalz, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; GOLD; MICELLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY; TERPOLYMERS;

DEGREE OF FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; INTERFACIAL ACTIVITY; RECTANGULAR PATCH; SELECTIVE INCORPORATIONS; TERTIARY AMINO GROUPS; TRIBLOCK TERPOLYMERS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 84964758571     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00330     Document Type: Article

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