Branched
Cylindrical Micelles via Crystallization-Driven
Self-Assembly
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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