Cubosomes from hierarchical self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymers

Hongkun He; Khosrow Rahimi; Mingjiang Zhong; Ahmed Mourran; David R. Luebke; Hunaid B. Nulwala; Martin Möller; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

doi:10.1038/ncomms14057

Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Cubosomes from hierarchical self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymers

Hongkun He,
Khosrow Rahimi,
Mingjiang Zhong,
Ahmed Mourran,
David R. Luebke,
Hunaid B. Nulwala,
Martin Möller,
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Affiliations

Hongkun He: Department of Chemistry, Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Khosrow Rahimi: DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Mingjiang Zhong: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Ahmed Mourran: DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
David R. Luebke: United States Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Hunaid B. Nulwala: Department of Chemistry, Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Möller: DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski: Department of Chemistry, Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14057
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Generally cubosomes are formed by the self-assembly of surfactants such as lipids and are used as adsorbents or in host-guest applications. Here the authors have shown that an amphiphilic block copolymer can form nanoscale cuboidal particles with a bicontinuous cubic phase.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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