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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jared I. Bowman, Cabell B. Eades, Maria A. Vratsanos, Nathan C. Gianneschi, Brent S. Sumerlin
Summary: Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is a powerful technique for producing block copolymer nanostructures, and ultrafast photoiniferter PISA can be used to quickly create various nanostructures.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Review
Polymer Science
Lin-Lin Xiao, Xu Zhou, Kan Yue, Zi-Hao Guo
Summary: Conjugated block copolymers (cBCPs) are promising materials with high conductivity and morphological versatility, making the study of their self-assembly behaviors crucial for enhancing device performance.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Kevin G. Yager
Summary: The self-assembly of a triblock bottlebrush polymer at one length scale determines the organization of the self-assembly at a smaller scale, creating a hierarchical unit cell.
NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Frank Hartmann, Martin Bitsch, Bart-Jan Niebuur, Marcus Koch, Tobias Kraus, Christian Dietz, Robert W. Stark, Christopher R. Everett, Peter Mueller-Buschbaum, Oliver Janka, Markus Gallei
Summary: This study synthesized a high-molecular-weight polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymer as a soft matrix to fabricate nanocomposites containing magnetic nanoparticles. The influence of different ratios of PMMA-coated FePt nanoparticles on the self-assembled morphology was investigated. Statistical analysis revealed that the particles mainly self-assembled inside the PMMA phase at low particle concentrations, while higher particle ratios had a negative effect on the morphology. The magnetic addressability of the nanoparticles inside the nanocomposite films was confirmed using bimodal magnetic force microscopy.
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Polymer Science
Inna O. Lebedeva, Ekaterina B. Zhulina, Oleg V. Borisov
Summary: Research indicates that block copolymers with chemically different bottlebrush blocks can self-assemble into nanostructures resembling micelles in selective solvents. The self-consistent field theoretical approach is utilized to predict the relationship between structural parameters of bottlebrush blocks and properties of micelles, including critical micelle concentration. Theoretical predictions suggest that replacing linear blocks with bottlebrush ones of the same polymerization degrees leads to changes in micellar core size and corona extension, as well as an increase in critical micelle concentration, which are in agreement with computer simulation results.
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Polymer Science
Hyeongkeon Yoon, Seonghyeon Ahn, Qingshu Dong, Chungryong Choi, Eunyoung Kim, Weihua Li, Jin Kon Kim
Summary: This study investigated the formation of a multidomain double-stranded helical nanostructure, paving the way for the creation of multifunctional helical structures for various applications such as metamaterials. The experimentally observed morphology matched well with the prediction by self-consistent field theory.
Review
Polymer Science
Shuo Zhou, Min Zeng, Yanlin Liu, Xiaofeng Sui, Jinying Yuan
Summary: With reversible deactivated radical polymerization techniques, polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become a convenient method for preparing block copolymer nanoparticles in situ with high concentrations. These nanoparticles have wide potential applications in nanomedicine, coatings, nanomanufacture, and Pickering emulsions. By introducing stimulus responsiveness into PISA nanoparticles, Pickering emulsions stabilized with these nanoparticles can exhibit smart behaviors, allowing reversible emulsification and demulsification. This review focuses on recent progress in Pickering emulsions stabilized by stimuli-responsive PISA nanoparticles, discussing factors affecting the stability during emulsification and demulsification, as well as exploring applications in antibacterial agents, diphase reaction platforms, and multi-emulsions. The future developments and applications of stimuli-responsive Pickering emulsions stabilized by PISA nanoparticles are also highlighted.
MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
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Polymer Science
Noga Eren, Ofer Burg, Elisheva Michman, Inna Popov, Roy Shenhar
Summary: Controlling the complexity in assemblies of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles through the use of asymmetric block copolymer films enables the creation of nanoparticle superstructures with mixed patterns. This opens up new possibilities for the utilization of photonic devices.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuwei Liu, Xiaona Cui, Yong-Ill Lee, Hong-Guo Liu
Summary: This study systematically investigated the self-assembly behavior of polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine) at the liquid/liquid interface. Different primary morphologies of aggregates were obtained depending on the molecular structure of the block copolymers and the amount of chloroauric acid. The findings provide valuable insights into the self-assembly behavior of block copolymers at interfaces and offer a facile approach for fabricating functional structures.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Minkyeong Park, Seulki Kang, Chongyong Nam, Karnati Narasimha, Won Bo Lee, So-Jung Park
Summary: This study reports the magnetic field-induced self-assembly of a conjugated block copolymer and iron oxide nanoparticles at the air-water interface. The magnetic field significantly improves the degree of order, resulting in long-range ordered nanoarrays of the polymer and nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles plays a crucial role in the formation of an ordered assembly structure at the nanometer scale.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Li-Yun Su, Hsin-Hsiang Huang, Yan-Cheng Lin, Guan-Lin Chen, Wen-Chang Chen, Wei Chen, Leeyih Wang, Chu-Chen Chueh
Summary: In this study, interfacial engineering using an amphiphilic dendritic block copolymer (DBC) and gold nanoparticles (NPs) was demonstrated to enhance the performance and thermal stability of non-fullerene bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices. The newly developed DBC@AuNPs interlayer improved device efficiency by enabling better energy-level alignment and enhanced interfacial compatibility at the ZnO/BHJ interface, showing great potential for commercialization with a T(80)lifetime of over 1.79 years at room temperature.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Minju Kim, Mohammed O. Bazaid, Hyun Jeong Lee, Seung Soon Jang, Yu Jin Jang, Dong Ha Kim
Summary: The self-assembly technique based on block copolymer (BCP) templates provides a simple and generalized route for the synthesis of diverse chiral inorganic nanoparticles (NPs). The BCP inverse micelles offer a specific environment where DL-alanine induces left-handedness through hydrogen bonding, and this chirality is transferred to the anchored inorganic NPs using BCPs as a chiral host. This design concept provides a step-by-step guide for constructing a viable library of chiral nanostructures and aids in the development of artificial chiral materials.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lakshmi Priya Datta
Summary: Careful design can integrate chemical enrichment, stimuli responsiveness, and targeted delivery within compartmentalized models to enhance therapeutic efficacy.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Prabhjot Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur Rajput, Poonam Khullar, Mandeep Singh Bakshi
Summary: A study was conducted to investigate the complexation ability between polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide triblock polymers and gold nanoparticles. It was found that linear block polymer pluronics had stronger association with gold nanoparticles compared to star shaped tetronics. The difference was attributed to the molecular structures and adsorption modes of pluronics and tetronics on the solid-liquid interface of gold nanoparticles. This research highlights the importance of the complexation ability of biologically active water soluble polymers with nanoparticles in various biological applications where gold nanoparticles are commonly used as markers or drug delivery vehicles.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jianan Yuan, Xuemin Lu, Qingxiang Li, Zhiguo Lu, Qinghua Lu
Summary: This study fabricated micrometer-scale spiral structures with reversible chirality based on the assembly of a liquid crystalline block copolymer film assisted by enantiopure tartaric acid. The chiral spiral structures with controllable handedness were easily erased under ultraviolet light irradiation and restored via thermal annealing. This research provides guidance for fabrication of chiral micrometer-scale spiral structures with adjustable chiral properties.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mahmoud N. Almadhoun, Mohammad A. Khan, Karam Raab, Ji Hoon Park, Jillian M. Buriak, Husain N. Alshareef
ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2019)
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Chemistry, Physical
Jillian M. Buriak, Kirk S. Schanze
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2019)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hao Wang, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Erik J. Luber, Brian C. Olsen, Shubham M. Shirurkar, Sankaranarayanan Venkatakrishnan, Ushula M. Tefashe, Anna K. Farquhar, Eugene S. Smotkin, Richard L. McCreery, Jillian M. Buriak
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Physical
Yinyin Bao, Amaury Bossion, Davide Brambilla, Jillian M. Buriak, Kang Cai, Long Chen, Joya A. Cooley, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, John M. Dagdelen, Miriam Z. Fenniri, Matthew K. Horton, Hrishikesh Joshi, Brian V. Khau, Grit Kupgan, Henry S. La Pierre, Chengcheng Rao, Adrianne M. Rosales, Dong Wang, Qifan Yan
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2020)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cynthia J. Burrows, Jiaxing Huang, Shu Wang, Hyun Jae Kim, Gerald J. Meyer, Kirk Schanze, T. Randall Lee, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus, David Kaplan, Christopher Jones, Carolyn Bertozzi, Laura Kiessling, Mary Beth Mulcahy, Craig W. Lindsley, M. G. Finn, Joel D. Blum, Prashant Kamat, Wonyong Choi, Shane Snyder, Courtney C. Aldrich, Stuart Rowan, Bin Liu, Dennis Liotta, Paul S. Weiss, Deqing Zhang, Krishna N. Ganesh, Harry A. Atwater, J. Justin Gooding, David T. Allen, Christopher A. Voigt, Jonathan Sweedler, Alanna Schepartz, Vincent Rotello, Sebastien Lecommandoux, Shana J. Sturla, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Jillian Buriak, Jonathan W. Steed, Hongwei Wu, Julie Zimmerman, Bryan Brooks, Phillip Savage, William Tolman, Thomas F. Hofmann, Joan F. Brennecke, Thomas A. Holme, Kenneth M. Merz, Gustavo Scuseria, William Jorgensen, Gunda I. Georg, Shaomeng Wang, Philip Proteau, John R. Yates, Peter Stang, Gilbert C. Walker, Marc Hillmyer, Lynne S. Taylor, Teri W. Odom, Erick Carreira, Kai Rossen, Paul Chirik, Scott J. Miller, Joan-Emma Shea, Anne Mccoy, Martin Zanni, Gregory Hartland, Gregory Scholes, Joseph A. Loo, James Milne, Sarah B. Tegen, Daniel T. Kulp, Julia Laskin
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Chemistry, Physical
Raffaella Buonsanti, Jillian M. Buriak, Laura Cabana, Brandi M. Cossairt, Mita Dasog, Stefanie Dehnen, Jillian L. Dempsey, Andrews Nirmala Grace, Dorota Koziej, Lisa McElwee-White, Christine Thomas, Jenny Y. Yang
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Minjia Hu, Erik J. Luber, Jillian M. Buriak
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2020)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Physical
Prashant V. Kamat, Narayan Pradhan, Kirk Schanze, Paul S. Weiss, Jillian Buriak, Peter Stang, Teri W. Odom, Gregory Hartland
ACS ENERGY LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sayed Youssef Sayed, W. Peter Kalisvaart, Erik J. Luber, Brian C. Olsen, Jillian M. Buriak
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2020)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Aaron Kirkey, Erik J. Luber, Bing Cao, Brian C. Olsen, Jillian M. Buriak
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mahmoud N. Almadhoun, Maximilian Speckbacher, Brian C. Olsen, Erik J. Luber, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Marc Tornow, Jillian M. Buriak
Summary: The study demonstrates memristive behavior in Ga/GaOx/SiOx/p(+)-Si junctions, with a reversible insulator-metal transition and high ON/OFF ratio. The presence of a nanoscale gallium oxide layer plays a critical role in achieving reversible resistive switching.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Gayashani Ginige, Youngdong Song, Brian C. Olsen, Erik J. Luber, Cafer T. Yavuz, Jillian M. Buriak
Summary: Self-assembly of block copolymers promises high resolution and density multiplication with lower costs. However, the defectivity of resulting nanopatterns remains high due to small variations of processing parameters. A solvent vapor annealing (SVA) flow-controlled system combined with design of experiments (DOE) and machine learning (ML) approaches enables precise optimization of self-assembly conditions and characterization of defects, leading to a faster route toward low-defectivity BCP dot arrays for electronic microfabrication.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Jasper C. Woodard, W. Peter Kalisvaart, Sayed Youssef Sayed, Brian C. Olsen, Jillian M. Buriak
Summary: The study reveals that the c-Li15Si4 phase accelerates capacity decay in planar films but has minimal impact on capacity retention in half-cells based on porous silicon films or silicon nanoparticle composite powder electrodes. Formation of the c-Li15Si4 phase is influenced by the dimensions of the Si material and the lithiation cutoff voltage, leading to differences in SEI formation and electrochemical behavior in different morphologies of silicon electrodes.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chengcheng Rao, Brian C. Olsen, Erik J. Luber, Jillian M. Buriak
Summary: Optically transparent PDMS stamps coated with gold nanoparticles were used as plasmonic stamps to facilitate surface chemistry on silicon surfaces. Kinetic studies revealed that moderately doped n-type and p-type silicon exhibited the fastest rates of hydrosilylation, indicating the near-optimal convergence of factors in moderately doped silicon for enhanced reaction rates.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hezhen Xie, Sayed Youssef Sayed, W. Peter Kalisvaart, Simon J. Schaper, Peter Mueller-Buschbaum, Erik J. Luber, Brian C. Olsen, Martin Haese, Jillian M. Buriak
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2020)