Issue 30, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Evaporative self-assembly of single-chain, polymeric nanoparticles†

Hendrik W. H. van Roekel,ab   Patrick J. M. Stals,ac   Martijn A. J. Gillissen,ac   Peter A. J. Hilbers,ab   Albert J. Markvoort*ab  and  Tom F. A. de Greef*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

b Computational Biology group, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

c Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: a.j.markvoort@tue.nl, t.f.a.d.greef@tue.nl

Abstract

Evaporative self-assembly of dilute solutions containing single-chain polymeric nanoparticles results in characteristic morphologies imaged using atomic force microscopy. Quantitative comparison of experimental data to morphologies obtained by lattice-gas simulations shows that the nonequilibrium patterns emerge from a complex interplay between dewetting, solvent evaporation and nanoparticle diffusion.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC40931G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Feb 2013
Accepted
28 Feb 2013
First published
01 Mar 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3122-3124

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Evaporative self-assembly of single-chain, polymeric nanoparticles

H. W. H. van Roekel, P. J. M. Stals, M. A. J. Gillissen, P. A. J. Hilbers, A. J. Markvoort and T. F. A. de Greef, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3122 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40931G

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