Kinetic Control of Aggregation Shape in Micellar Self-Assembly

Axel-Laurenz Buckinx; Kirsten Verstraete; Evelien Baeten; Rico F Tabor; Anna Sokolova; Neomy Zaquen; Tanja Junkers

doi:10.1002/anie.201907371

Kinetic Control of Aggregation Shape in Micellar Self-Assembly

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Sep 23;58(39):13799-13802. doi: 10.1002/anie.201907371. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Authors

Axel-Laurenz Buckinx¹, Kirsten Verstraete², Evelien Baeten², Rico F Tabor³, Anna Sokolova⁴, Neomy Zaquen², Tanja Junkers^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Polymer Reaction Design Group, School of Chemistry, Monash University, 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23, Clayton, Vic, 3800, Australia.
² Hasselt University, Materlarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.
³ School of Chemistry, Monash University, 19 Rainforest Walk, Building 23, Clayton, Vic, 3800, Australia.
⁴ Australian Center for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2234, Australia.

PMID: 31424143
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907371

Abstract

The first steps towards top-down morphology control in micellar self-assembly are introduced. Kinetically stable micelles are formed from block copolymers (BCPs) using continuous flow techniques by turbulent mixing of water with a THF solution of polymers. In this way, particle shape and size can be altered from spheres to ellipsoids solely via tuning of mixing parameters from a single BCP.

Keywords: continuous flow techniques; polymeric micelles; self-assembly; small-angle neutron scattering.

Grants and funding

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation