Aggregation-induced emission from the crowded coronal chains of block copolymer micelles
Siyu Wang, Bixin Jin, Gangfeng Chen, Yunjun Luo, Xiaoyu Li
Abstract
Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) was triggered <italic>via</italic> the spatial confinement in the coronal chains in block copolymers upon micellization, even with very low content of AIE groups attached, and this could be used to monitor the self-assembly process.
Topics & Concepts
CopolymerMicelleBlock (permutation group theory)Aggregation-induced emissionCoronal planeMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryChemistryChemical engineeringPhysicsOpticsPolymerOrganic chemistryAqueous solutionComposite materialFluorescenceMathematicsGeometryEngineeringMedicineRadiologyLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionSupramolecular Chemistry and Complexes