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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 42, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100194
Keywords
amphiphilic block copolymers; inverted lyotropic liquid crystal phases; mesoporous colloids; polymer cubosomes and hexosomes; self-assembly
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- French National Research Agency [ANR-16-CE29-0028]
- CNRS through the MITI interdisciplinary programs
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-16-CE29-0028] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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Polymer cubosomes and hexosomes are polymer colloids with inverted liquid crystal phases, featuring uniform, tunable, and highly ordered porous structures that offer advantages over micelles and vesicles, including high loading volumes, large specific surface areas, and good stability. The ability to design these polymer colloids with various adjustable physical and chemical properties through polymer chemistry makes them attractive for potential applications in materials science and nanotechnology.
Polymer cubosomes and hexosomes are polymer colloids with inverted lyotropic liquid crystal phases as internal structures. They are composed of regular networks of water-filled channels surrounded by a bilayer membrane made from amphiphilic block copolymers. Due to the uniform, tunable, and highly ordered porous structure, polymer cubosomes and hexosomes present numerous advantages over polymer micelles and vesicles, such as the high loading volumes for both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, large specific surface areas, and good mechanical and chemical stabilities. The polymer chemistry also enables unlimited molecular design to endow these polymer colloids with a lot of adjustable physical and chemical properties. Therefore, polymer cubosomes and hexosomes have attracted increasing attention for their potential applications in materials science and nanotechnology. This review outlines the recent progress in this field with an emphasis on the polymer architectures, the self-assembly conditions and mechanisms, and some application examples which are special for these inverted polymer colloids. It is hoped to provide some practical guidance for researchers interested in polymer cubosomes and hexosomes.
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