Formation of gold nanoparticles in microreactor composed of helical peptide assembly in water

Preparation and Solution Behavior of a Thermoresponsive Diblock Copolymer of Poly(ethyl glycidyl ether) and Poly(ethylene oxide)

“…The behavior of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous solutions has attracted considerable attention in recent decades because of their new applications as gene and drug delivery systems, 1,2 microreactors for chemical synthesis and catalysis, [3][4][5] polymeric surfactants for stabilization of colloid dispersions, [6][7][8] and so forth. Self-association of these copolymers leads to the formation of various structures with dimensions ranging from nano-to microscopic.…”

“…The behavior of amphiphilic block copolymers in aqueous solutions has attracted considerable attention in recent decades because of their new applications as gene and drug delivery systems, , microreactors for chemical synthesis and catalysis, − polymeric surfactants for stabilization of colloid dispersions, − and so forth. Self-association of these copolymers leads to the formation of various structures with dimensions ranging from nano- to microscopic. − Similar to low-molecular-weight surfactants, micellization of amphiphilic block copolymers in nonsolvents for one of the segments produces nanoscale core−shell micelles, where the insoluble segment forms the core and the soluble segment forms the shell of the resultant core−shell micelles. − The spherical aggregates may interact with each other to form networks or domain structures.…”

Reversible aggregation of gold nanoparticles induced by pH dependent conformational transitions of a self-assembled polypeptide

“…Current years have witnessed a growing focus on combination of synthetic proteins with gold nanoparticles for areas related to biosensors, biomimetics, and biomolecule-directed assembly [17,27,[29][30][31][32][33]. Both designer peptides with carefully crafted sequences made by solid-phase peptide synthesis and one-pot materials made by solution-phase polymerization have been successfully used to modify gold nanoparticles surfaces.…”

Hierarchical self‐assembly of Y‐shaped amphiphilic triblock polyurethane/poly(acrylic acid) complexes: Giant vesicles, vesicles, 3D network, and bulk structures

“…The construction of assemblies with different structures by self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) has attracted great interest in recent years, due to the great potential application of these micro‐/nanostructure assemblies in the fields of micro‐/nanoreacter, biomimicry, and template assembly, etc. Generally, a specific BCP has to be synthesized each time for a specific self‐assembly with a defined morphology, and the functions and applications of these assemblies are highly dependent on their morphologies .…”