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SUBMITTER: Li D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8157509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Dan D Chen Xi X Zeng Min M Ji Jinzhao J Wang Yun Y Yang Zhenzhong Z Yuan Jinying J
Chemical science 20200128 10
Conventional synthesis of colloidal molecules (CMs) mainly depends on particle-based self-assembly of patchy building blocks. However, direct access to CMs by the self-assembly of isotropic colloidal subunits remains challenging. Here, we report the mass production of AB <sub><i>n</i></sub> -type CMs by polymerization-induced particle-assembly (PIPA), using a linear ABC triblock terpolymer system. Starting from diblock copolymer spheres, the association of spheres takes place <i>in situ</i> duri ...[more]