Helix self-assembly through the coiling of cylindrical micelles. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Both single and double helical superstructures have been created through solution self-assembly of cylindrical micelles for the first time. Helical micelles were formed from the co-assembly of poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(methyl acrylate)-block-polystyrene (PAA-b-PMA-b-PS) triblock copolymers with different multiamines. The helix pitch could be adjusted by adjusting the amount and type of multiamine added. The helical structure exhibits unprecedented regularity for a nanostructure self-assembled from solution indicating the presence of strong, synergistic forces underlying the helix formation.

published proceedings

  • Soft Matter

author list (cited authors)

  • Zhong, S., Cui, H., Chen, Z., Wooley, K. L., & Pochan, D. J.

citation count

  • 163

complete list of authors

  • Zhong, Sheng||Cui, Honggang||Chen, Zhiyun||Wooley, Karen L||Pochan, Darrin J

publication date

  • December 2007