title: Uniform, high aspect ratio fiber-like micelles and block co-micelles with a crystalline π-conjugated polythiophene core by self-seeding.
abstract: Monodisperse fiber-like micelles with a crystalline π-conjugated polythiophene core with lengths up to ca. 700 nm were successfully prepared from the diblock copolymer poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-polystyrene using a one-dimensional self-seeding technique. Addition of a polythiophene block copolymer with a different corona-forming block to the resulting nanofibers led to the formation of segmented B-A-B triblock co-micelles by crystallization-driven seeded growth. The key to these advances appears to be the formation of a relatively defect-free crystalline micelle core under the self-seeding conditions.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol BS8 1TS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jieshu
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authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: David J
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authors.lastname: Lunn
authors.forename: Jessica
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authors.lastname: Gwyther
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authors.lastname: Hudson
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authors.lastname: Kynaston
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authors.lastname: Rupar
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