Degradation versus self-assembly of block copolymer micelles

A. Muratov and V. A. Baulin
Langmuir, 28, 3071-3076 (2012)
The stability of micelles self-assembled from block co-polymers can be altered by the degradation of the blocks. Slow degradation shifts the equilibrium size distribution of block co-polymer micelles and changes their properties. The quasi-equilibrium scaling theory shows that the degradation of hydrophobic blocks in the core of […]