Papel de la cinética de la cristalización competitiva en la formación de plaquetas 2D con patrones de superficie

Renhua Deng1,2, Xi Mao2, Samuel Pearce1

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.

Resumen

Los investigadores crearon micelas de plaquetas 2D con patrones de superficie sintonizables utilizando autoensamblaje impulsado por cristalización (CDSA) de mezclas de copolímero y homopolímero en bloque. El control de la morfología se logró ajustando las proporciones de los componentes y las tasas de cristalización, lo que permitió diversas nanoestructuras.

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