Nanoparticle-Induced Ellipse-to-Vesicle Morphology Transition of Rod-Coil-Rod Triblock Copolymer Aggregates

Langmuir

Volumn 32, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 6917-6927

  Yang, Chaoying ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Cai, Chunhua ^a   Lin, Jiaping ^a  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPEPTIDES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AMPHIPHILIC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMER AGGREGATES; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DPD SIMULATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MORPHOLOGY TRANSITIONS; ROD-COIL COPOLYMERS; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84978807301     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01484     Document Type: Article

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