Symmetric shapes and patterns are fascinating and preferred by humans as symmetric
stimuli of any kind are more easily processed by the visual systems than their asymmetric …

Janus nanoarchitectures, an emerging class of nanostructures named after the Roman god
having two faces, have been considered as a fascinating class of nanomaterials for …

When aqueous solutions of polycations and polyanions are mixed, polyelectrolyte
complexes form. These are usually insoluble in water, so that they separate out as a new …

Hierarchical self-assembly offers elegant and energy-efficient bottom-up strategies for the
structuring of complex materials. For block copolymers, the last decade witnessed great …

We present an overview of existing theories of block polymer micelles. We focus here on the
equilibrium structure of nanoaggregates formed by solvophobic/solvophilic diblock …

We present an overview of statistical thermodynamic theories that describe the self-
assembly of amphiphilic ionic/hydrophobic diblock copolymers in dilute solution. Block …

Asymmetric Janus and ternary silica particles with an average diameter of 450 nm were
fabricated by sequentially arranged particle-embedding and surface-modification processes …

We present a systematic investigation of the extent of compartmentalization in micelles
formed by a series of bis-hydrophilic block terpolymers with two outer water-soluble …

Patchy multi-compartment micelles are formed on direct dissolution of a primary amine-
based triblock copolymer, poly (ethylene oxide)-b-poly (ε-caprolactone)-b-poly (2 …

Aqueous solutions of star-like polyelectrolytes (PEs) exhibit distinctive features that originate
from the topological complexity of branched macromolecules. In a salt-free solution of …