竞争性结晶运动在通过种子生长形成具有明显冠状表面图案的二维血小板中的作用

Renhua Deng1,2, Xi Mao2, Samuel Pearce1

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

概括

研究人员使用块共聚合物/同聚合物混合物的结晶驱动自组合 (CDSA) 创建了具有可调的表面图案的2D血小板. 通过调整组件比率和结晶率来实现形态控制,从而实现多样化的纳米结构.

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