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W.J. Macknight, E.A. Ponomarenko, and D.A. Tirrell, Self-assembled poly electrolyte-surfactant complexes in nonaqueous solvents and in the solid state. Acc. Chem. Res. 31, 781-788 (1998). 

A. C. Fou, O. Onitsuka, M. Ferreira, M. F. Rubner, B. R. FFseih, Interlayer interactions in self-assembled poly(phenylene vinylene) multilayer heterostructures, implications for light-emitting and photorectifying diodes, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1995, 575. 

Ibarboure, E. Rodriguez-Hernandez, J., Supramolecular Structures from Self-Assembled Poly(y-benzyl-L-glutamate)-Polydimethylsiloxane-Poly(7-benzyl-L-glutamate) Triblock Copolypeptides in Thin Films. Eur. Polym. J. 2010,46, 891-899. 

Gugliuzza A., Aceto M.C., Macedonio F, Drioli E. (2008), Water droplets as template for next generation self-assembled poly-(etheretherketone) with Cardo membranes, / Phys. Chem. B, 112(34), 10483-10496. 

The ID structure was formed by adding extra additives such as salt, acid or cationic carbodiimide to the suspension of encapsulated AuNPs [25]. In contrast, Wiesner et al. pioneered another concept by using a defined volume fraction of ligand-stabilized metal nanoparticles linked within self-assembled poly(isoprene-block-6im.t hy aminoethyl methacrylate) (PI-h-PDMAEMA) block copolymers to generate hybrid unidirectional nanostructures [26]. 

Figure 3 Hydrodynamic size distribution of self-assembled poly(NIPAM-fcZocA -VBZ) block copol3mers at pH 12 and T = 25 and 50 °C. ...

Release of compounds from delivery systems is currently a major field of research,especially in medical applications, for which the release of active compounds is needed at desired locations. Mueller et alP used DLS to assess the successful embedding of a hydrophobic substrate into the hydrophobic membrane of block-copolymer vesicular structures, without affecting the morphology of the self-assembly. Poly(butadiene)-fc-poly(ethylene oxide) self-assembles into unilamellar vesicles in dilute aqueous solution. A constant hydrophobic shell thickness was measured by DLS when the average hydrodynamic radius and size distribution depended on the nature of the encapsulated hydrophobic substrate. 

Ibarboure E, Rodriguez-Hemadez J (2010) Supramolecular structures from self-assembled poly(c-benzyl-L-glutamate)-polydimethylsiloxane-poly(c-benzyl-L-glutamate) triblock copolypeptides in thin films. Eur Polym J 46 891-899... 

Cheng Z, Ren B, Zhao D, Liu X, Tong Z (2009) Novel thermotropic liquid crystalline and redox-active complexes of ionically self-assembled poly(ferrocenylsilane) and dendritic amphiphiles. Macromolecules 42 2762-2766... 

Shibasaki M, Kanai M. Catalytic enantioselective construction of tetrasubstituted carbons by self-assembled poly rare earth metal complexes. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007 5 2027-2039. 

Lenk T J, Hallmark V M, Rabolt J F, Haussling L and Ringsdorf H 1993 Formation and characterization of self-assembled films of sulphur-derivatized poly(methyl methacrylates) on gold Macromolecules 26 1230-7... 

Steiner U B, Cased W R, Suter U W, Rehahn M and Rau I U 1994 Self-assembled layers of substituted poly(p-phenylene)s on gold and copper Langmuir 10 1164-70... 

In systems of LP the dynamic response to a temperature quench is characterized by a different mechanism, namely monomer-mediated equilibrium polymerization (MMEP) in which only single monomers may participate in the mass exchange. For this no analytic solution, even in terms of MFA, seems to exist yet [70]. Monomer-mediated equilibrium polymerization (MMEP) is typical of systems like poly(a-methylstyrene) [5-7] in which a reaction proceeds by the addition or removal of a single monomer at the active end of a polymer chain after a radical initiator has been added to the system so as to start the polymerization. The attachment/detachment of single monomers at chain ends is believed to be the mechanism of equilibrium polymerization also for certain liquid sulphur systems [8] as well as for self-assembled aggregates of certain dyes [9] where chain ends are thermally activated radicals with no initiators needed. 

Self-assembly of poly iodide networks on templates with crown ethers, thia- and thiazacrown ethers as ligands 98CSR195. 

Since multiple electrical and optical functionality must be combined in the fabrication of an OLED, many workers have turned to the techniques of molecular self-assembly in order to optimize the microstructure of the materials used. In turn, such approaches necessitate the incorporation of additional chemical functionality into the molecules. For example, the successive dipping of a substrate into solutions of polyanion and polycation leads to the deposition of poly-ionic bilayers [59, 60]. Since the precursor form of PPV is cationic, this is a very appealing way to tailor its properties. Anionic polymers that have been studied include sulfonatcd polystyrene [59] and sulfonatcd polyanilinc 159, 60]. Thermal conversion of the precursor PPV then results in an electroluminescent blended polymer film. 

FIGURE 7.19 Self-assembly of arbIBS-OH. (From Puskas, J.E., Poly. Adv. TechnoL, 7, 1, 2006. With permission.)... 

Kros A, Jesse W, Metselaar GA, Comelissen JJLM (2005) Synthesis and self-assembly of rod-rod hybrid poly(gamma-benzyl L-glutamate)-block-polyisocyanide copolymers. Angew Chem hit Ed 44 4349 352... 

Hamley IW, Ansari A, Castelletto V et al (2005) Solution self-assembly of hybrid block copolymers containing poly(ethylene glycol) and amphiphilic beta-strand peptide sequences. 

Tzokova N, Femyhough CM, Butler MF et al (2009) The effect of peo length on the self-assembly of poly(ethylene oxide)-tetrapeptide conjugates prepared by click chemistry. Langmuir 25 11082-11089... 

FIG. 8 Si02 AFM image of six bilayers in situ self-assembled layer-by-layer films of polypyrrole coated with Si02 and poly(styrene sulfonate). 

Some research groups also tried to build up bi- and multilayers of latex particles by using self-assembly techniques [92-94,97]. Either the alternate adsorption technique outlined in Figure 14 was used, in which cationic and anionic particles are successively adsorbed, or a slightly modified version of successive adsorption of anionic particles and a cationic poly-... 

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