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Polymer self-assembly

Micelles make a living

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Controlled assembly of diblock copolymers in which one of the blocks is crystalline enables the growth of a series of complex nano-architectures in a controlled fashion.

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Figure 1: The formation of a cylindrical micelle.
Figure 2: The complex hierarchical micellar structures made using the living crystallization-driven polymerization route.

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