Spontaneous formation of polymer nanoparticles with inner micro-phase separation structures
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 4 (6), 1302-1305
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b800904j
Abstract
We demonstrate the preparation of particles with a variety of inner structures from block-copolymers and polymer blends by using a simple solvent evaporation process. One-directionally stacked or onion-like lamellar structures were formed from symmetric block-copolymers. Asymmetric block-copolymers formed cylindrical phase in nanoparticles. “Janus”-type particles were prepared from homopolymer blends. A network structure was formed in the homopolymer blend particles containing block-copolymers, which work as compatibilizers for homopolymer blends.Keywords
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