One-pot universal initiation-growth methods from a liquid crystalline block copolymer.

ABSTRACT: The construction of hierarchical nanostructures with precise morphological and dimensional control has been one of the ultimate goals of contemporary materials science and chemistry, and the emulation of tailor-made nanoscale superstructures realized in the nature, using artificial building blocks, poses outstanding challenges. Herein we report a one-pot strategy to precisely synthesize hierarchical nanostructures through an in-situ initiation-growth process from a liquid crystalline block copolymer. The assembly process, analogous to living chain polymerization, can be triggered by small-molecule, macromolecule or even nanoobject initiators to produce various hierarchical superstructures with highly uniform morphologies and finely tunable dimensions. Because of the high degree of controll

SUBMITTER: Jin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546696 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature