Abstract
In chemically fueled supramolecular materials, molecular self-assembly is coupled to a fuel-driven chemical reaction cycle. The fuel-dependence makes the material dynamic and endows it with exciting properties like adaptivity and autonomy. In contrast to the large work on the self-assembly of small molecules, we herein designed a diblock copolymer, which self-assembles into transient micelles when coupled to a fuel-driven chemical reaction cycle. Moreover, we used these transient block copolymer micelles to locally increase the concentration of hydrophobic reagents and thereby function as a transient nanoreactor.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e2100015 |
Journal | ChemSystemsChem |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Keywords
- block copolymer
- chemical fuel
- reaction cycles
- self-assembly
- transient nanoreactor