title: Branched cylindrical micelles via crystallization-driven self-assembly.
abstract: We report the preparation of branched micelles by the growth of thinner-core cylindrical micelles at the termini of the thicker-core cylindrical micelle seeds through crystallization-driven self-assembly of polyferrocenylsilane block copolymers. The branched micelles possessed structures with monodisperse middle segments and, in most cases, two branches at the seed terminus. After cross-linking of the coronas, the branched micelles become resistant to dissolution in good solvents for both blocks and can be manipulated as colloidally stable nanomaterials.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Huibin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Van An
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Mitchell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Winnik
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners