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SUBMITTER: Cheung S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709404 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cheung Shane S O'Shea Donal F DF
Nature communications 20171201 1
Directed self-assemblies in water are known as the most efficient means of forming complex higher ordered structures in nature. Here we show a straightforward and robust method for particle assembly which utilises the amphiphilic tri-block co-polymer poloxamer-188 and a hydrophobic fluorophore as the two designer components, which have a built-in ability to convey spatial and temporal information about their surroundings to an observer. Templating of particle self-assembly is attributed to inter ...[more]