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Zhang L, Biesold GM, Zhao C, Xu H, Lin Z. Necklace-Like Nanostructures: From Fabrication, Properties to Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2200776. [PMID: 35749232 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The shape-controlled synthesis of nanocrystals remains a hot research topic in nanotechnology. Particularly, the fabrication of 1D structures such as wires, rods, belts, and tubes has been an interesting and important subject within nanoscience in the last few decades. 1D necklace-like micro/nanostructures are a sophisticated geometry that has attracted increasing attention due to their anisotropic and periodic structure, intrinsic high surface area, abundant transport channels, exposure of each component to the surface, and multiscale roughness of the surface. These characteristics enable their unique electrical, optical, and catalytic properties. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the advanced research progress on the fabrication strategies, novel properties, and various applications of necklace-like structures. It begins with the main fabrication methods of necklace-like structures and subsequently details a variety of their properties and applications. It concludes with the authors' perspectives on future research and development of the necklace-like structures.
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- Lei Zhang
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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Angarita AV, Umaña-Perez A, Perez LD. Enhancing the performance of PEG-b-PCL-based nanocarriers for curcumin through its conjugation with lipophilic biomolecules. J BIOACT COMPAT POL 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0883911520944416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Curcumin is a natural substance extracted from Curcuma longa Linn with beneficial pharmaceutical properties such as anticancer activity against several cellular lines. However, it presents poor bioavailability due to its low solubility in aqueous media and chemical instability. In this research, curcumin was encapsulated in polymer micelles obtained by the self-assembly of a biodegradable poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) copolymer conjugated with cholesterol or oleic acid. A hydroxyl-terminated poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) was reacted with cholesteryl chloroformate or oleyl chloride to obtain conjugated copolymers. The resulting polymeric materials were characterised through proton nuclear magnetic resonance, gel permeation chromatography and differential scanning calorimetry, and their critical aggregation concentration was measured through fluorescence spectroscopy. Poly (ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) conjugated with cholesterol and oleic acid posed an improved capacity of encapsulating curcumin, resulting in the loading capacities of 8.8% and 15.2%, respectively. Cell viability studies confirmed that curcumin loaded in polymer micelles maintained its anticancer activity against MCF-7 human breast cancer cells but presented low cytotoxicity against mouse fibroblasts. Hence, these formulations have good potential for applications in drug delivery systems for breast cancer treatment.
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- Angie V Angarita
- Laboratorio de Macromoléculas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Hormonas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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- Laboratorio de Macromoléculas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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Thompson SW, Guimarães TR, Zetterlund PB. RAFT Emulsion Polymerization: MacroRAFT Agent Self-Assembly Investigated Using a Solvachromatic Dye. Biomacromolecules 2020; 21:4577-4590. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Steven W. Thompson
- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Ni B, Yin Y, Peng J. A Simple Route to Hierarchical Rings of Diblock Copolymer Micelles. Macromol Rapid Commun 2019; 41:e1900525. [PMID: 31778248 DOI: 10.1002/marc.201900525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A hierarchically assembled necklace composed of amphiphilic diblock copolymer micelles is exquisitely produced by capitalizing on two concurrent self-assembly processes at different scales (i.e., "breath figure" strategy of diblock copolymer micelles solution evaporating in humid air to yield rings at the microscopic scale in conjunction with self-assembly of diblock copolymer micelles within individual ring at the nanometer scale). Intriguingly, hierarchical rings of diblock copolymer micelles comprising gold precursors or fluorescent dyes can also be crafted using this strategy. Upon exposure to hydrophilic block-selective solvent, core-corona inversion of micelles within the microscopic rings occurs. In contrast, such inversion is inhibited when the micelles are impregnated by gold precursors. This simple yet effective strategy for engineering diblock copolymer micelles may be extended to produce hierarchically assembled structures consisting of other functional block copolymers (e.g., stimuli-responsive block copolymer) and nanocrystals (e.g., semiconducting, magnetic, ferroelectric, etc.) with unique catalytic, magnetic, ferroelectric, optical, electronic, and optoelectronic properties.
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- Bijun Ni
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Guo XS, Zhang ZK, Zhang TY, Tong ZZ, Xu JT, Fan ZQ. Interfacial self-assembly of amphiphilic conjugated block copolymer into 2D nanotapes. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:8790-8799. [PMID: 31595944 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01503e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the present work, the evaporation-induced interfacial self-assembly behavior of an amphiphilic conjugated polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (P3HT-b-PAA), at the oil-water interface is explored. Novel 2D nanotapes of P3HT-b-PAA are prepared via the interfacial self-assembly. It is inferred that P3HT segments adopt a special conformation at the oil-water interface, which facilitates the packing of alkyl side chains and π-π interaction. The UV-vis spectrum further confirms that the ordering degree of P3HT segments is increased while transmission IR and Raman spectroscopic studies suggest that the P3HT chains adopt a more planar conformation at the oil-water interface. It is proposed that the formation of the nanotapes is driven by the ordered packing of the P3HT chains at the oil-water interface. Finally, the packing model of the P3HT chains inside the nanotapes is roughly proposed.
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- Xiao-Shuai Guo
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology (ATMT), Ministry of Education, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Carrascal JJ, Villegas JM, Baena-Aristizábal CM, Baena Y, Perez LD. Nanoparticles based on a PEGylated methacrylate copolymer as vehicles for hydrophilic antimicrobial additives: a study on chemical interactions with a benzoic acid probe molecule. Colloid Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-019-04502-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Presa-Soto D, Carriedo GA, de la Campa R, Presa Soto A. Formation and Reversible Morphological Transition of Bicontinuous Nanospheres and Toroidal Micelles by the Self-Assembly of a Crystalline-b-Coil Diblock Copolymer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- David Presa-Soto
- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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Presa-Soto D, Carriedo GA, de la Campa R, Presa Soto A. Formation and Reversible Morphological Transition of Bicontinuous Nanospheres and Toroidal Micelles by the Self-Assembly of a Crystalline-b-Coil Diblock Copolymer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:10102-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David Presa-Soto
- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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- Facultad de Química, Química Orgánica e Inorgánica (IUQOEM); Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería s/n; 33006 Oviedo Spain
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Re-assembly behaviors of block copolymer micelles on substrates: effects of block length and interaction force. Colloid Polym Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-015-3761-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Li GH, Yang PP, Gao ZS, Zhu YQ. Synthesis and micellar behavior of poly(acrylic acid-b-styrene) block copolymers. Colloid Polym Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2799-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Qin S, Li H, Yuan W, Zhang Y. Hierarchical self-assembly of fluorine-containing diblock copolymer:From onion-like nanospheres to superstructured microspheres. POLYMER 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tsitsilianis C, Aubry T, Iliopoulos I, Norvez S. Effect of DMF on the Rheological Properties of Telechelic Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels. Macromolecules 2010. [DOI: 10.1021/ma101238s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Constantinos Tsitsilianis
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras 26504, Patras, Greece
- Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes, ICE/HT-FORTH, P.O. Box 1414, 26504 Patras, Greece
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- Université Européenne de Bretagne, LIMATB Equipe Rhéologie, 6 avenue Victor Le Gorgeu, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France
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- Matière Molle et Chimie, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR-7167, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Matière Molle et Chimie, ESPCI-ParisTech, CNRS UMR-7167, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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