Abstract:The mechanism for the self-assembly of hollow micelles from rod-coil diblock copolymers is proposed. In a coil-selective solvent, the diblock copolymers self-assemble into a layered structure. It is assumed that the rigid rods form an elastic shell whose properties are dictated by a bending energy. For a hollow micelle, the coils outside the micelle form a brush, while the coils inside the micelle can be in two different states, a brush or an adsorption layer, corresponding to symmetric or asymmetric configura… Show more
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