Abstract
The use of self-assembled materials as templates and structure-control agents in materials synthesis is both common and a rapidly growing area. However, the subset of work that focuses on cylindrical, rodlike and wormlike self-assembled micelles is under-utilized given the potential of these materials for synthesizing anisotropic materials. In recent years, there has been progress in polymerization of wormlike micelle systems at different length-scales and in the use of wormlike micelles as templates to control the morphology of materials grown in or around the aggregates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 101-105 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Block copolymer
- Nanoparticles
- Polymerization
- Surfmer
- Templating
- Wormlike micelles