2017
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02767
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Abstract: This Perspective outlines recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of block copolymer micelles, a class of soft matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance. As a result of rapidly expanding interest since the mid 1990s, substantial advances have been reported in terms of the development of morphological diversity and complexity, control over micelle dimensions, scale up, and applications in a range of areas from nanocomposites to nanomedicine.

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“…The formation and formulation of nano‐based systems can be achieved either through relatively simple self‐assembly (nanoliposomes or nanopeptides) or via complex emulsification‐homogenization (polymeric nanoparticles). In either case, the stabilization of the nanosystem so formed is of utmost importance and can be achieved in several ways such as by using a surfactant, a polymeric stabilizer (such as polyvinyl alcohol [PVA]) or even via crosslinking‐co‐rigidification of the polymeric platform . Choonara and coworkers reported poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles formulated using two different approaches based on whether a surfactant was used to stabilize the colloidal phase: (a) emulsion‐solvent‐ surfactant ‐evaporation (ESSE) and 2) emulsion‐solvent‐evaporation (ESE).…”
Section: Nanoformation and Solvation Properties Of Polymeric Nanosystemssupporting
confidence: 71%
“…The formation and formulation of nano‐based systems can be achieved either through relatively simple self‐assembly (nanoliposomes or nanopeptides) or via complex emulsification‐homogenization (polymeric nanoparticles). In either case, the stabilization of the nanosystem so formed is of utmost importance and can be achieved in several ways such as by using a surfactant, a polymeric stabilizer (such as polyvinyl alcohol [PVA]) or even via crosslinking‐co‐rigidification of the polymeric platform . Choonara and coworkers reported poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles formulated using two different approaches based on whether a surfactant was used to stabilize the colloidal phase: (a) emulsion‐solvent‐ surfactant ‐evaporation (ESSE) and 2) emulsion‐solvent‐evaporation (ESE).…”
Section: Nanoformation and Solvation Properties Of Polymeric Nanosystemssupporting
confidence: 71%
“…Self‐assembly of the amphiphilic copolymers in solution enables to produce polymer assemblies with tunable sizes and morphologies, including spherical micelles, wormlike micelles, and vesicles . These polymer assemblies are receiving great interest for their potential applications in drug delivery, bioimaging, nanoreactors, cell mimicry, etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The low‐cost solution‐processed protocols used for self‐assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers (BCPs) provide a convenient route to creating nano‐objects with a variety of functionalities . Such practical methods have attracted intensive attentions and achieved rapid development in the field of nanoscience . Different kinds of micelle morphologies possessing the potential applications have been realized when BCPs are dissolved in the selective solvent, which is a good solvent for one block but a poor one for another.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%