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Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds
Understanding and controlling self-assembly processes at multiple length scales is vital if we are to design and create advanced materials. In particular, our ability to organise matter on the nanoscale has advanced considerably, but still lags far behind our skill in manipulating individual molecul...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31776334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13263-6 |
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author | Hua, Zan Jones, Joseph R. Thomas, Marjolaine Arno, Maria C. Souslov, Anton Wilks, Thomas R. O’Reilly, Rachel K. |
author_facet | Hua, Zan Jones, Joseph R. Thomas, Marjolaine Arno, Maria C. Souslov, Anton Wilks, Thomas R. O’Reilly, Rachel K. |
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description | Understanding and controlling self-assembly processes at multiple length scales is vital if we are to design and create advanced materials. In particular, our ability to organise matter on the nanoscale has advanced considerably, but still lags far behind our skill in manipulating individual molecules. New tools allowing controlled nanoscale assembly are sorely needed, as well as the physical understanding of how they work. Here, we report such a method for the production of highly anisotropic nanoparticles with controlled dimensions based on a morphological transformation process (MORPH, for short) driven by the formation of supramolecular bonds. We present a minimal physical model for MORPH that suggests a general mechanism which is potentially applicable to a large number of polymer/nanoparticle systems. We envision MORPH becoming a valuable tool for controlling nanoscale self-assembly, and for the production of functional nanostructures for diverse applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-68813142019-11-29 Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds Hua, Zan Jones, Joseph R. Thomas, Marjolaine Arno, Maria C. Souslov, Anton Wilks, Thomas R. O’Reilly, Rachel K. Nat Commun Article Understanding and controlling self-assembly processes at multiple length scales is vital if we are to design and create advanced materials. In particular, our ability to organise matter on the nanoscale has advanced considerably, but still lags far behind our skill in manipulating individual molecules. New tools allowing controlled nanoscale assembly are sorely needed, as well as the physical understanding of how they work. Here, we report such a method for the production of highly anisotropic nanoparticles with controlled dimensions based on a morphological transformation process (MORPH, for short) driven by the formation of supramolecular bonds. We present a minimal physical model for MORPH that suggests a general mechanism which is potentially applicable to a large number of polymer/nanoparticle systems. We envision MORPH becoming a valuable tool for controlling nanoscale self-assembly, and for the production of functional nanostructures for diverse applications. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-11-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6881314/ /pubmed/31776334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13263-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Hua, Zan Jones, Joseph R. Thomas, Marjolaine Arno, Maria C. Souslov, Anton Wilks, Thomas R. O’Reilly, Rachel K. Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title | Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title_full | Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title_fullStr | Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title_full_unstemmed | Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title_short | Anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
title_sort | anisotropic polymer nanoparticles with controlled dimensions from the morphological transformation of isotropic seeds |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31776334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13263-6 |
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