Multiscale Control of Hierarchical Structure in Crystalline Block Copolymer Nanoparticles Using Microfluidics

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2015

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Bains, Aman
Cao, Yimeng
Moffitt, Matthew G.

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Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Abstract

Hierarchical semicrystalline block copolymer nanoparticles are produced in a segmented gas-liquid microfluidic reactor with top-down control of multiscale structural features, including nanoparticle morphologies, sizes, and internal crystallinities. Control of multiscale structure on disparate length scales by a single control variable (flow rate) enables tailoring of drug delivery nanoparticle function including release rates.

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Block copolymers, self-assembly, drug delivery, microfluidics, Nanoparticles

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Bains, A., Cao, Y., & Moffitt, M. G. (2015). Multiscale Control of Hierarchical Structure in Crystalline Block Copolymer Nanoparticles Using Microfluidics. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 36(22), 2000-2005. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201500359.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201500359
 http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13210

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