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Amphiphilic Copolymers

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Amphiphilic Copolymers are chains that carry both hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments, so they assemble at interfaces and in water [1]. Well-defined block copolymers of this kind form three-dimensionally ordered porous membranes through self-assembly and reverse micelle formation [1]. Folded amphiphilic homopolymer micelles assemble uniformly in water, which goes beyond what random copolymers achieve [2]. Comb-like amphiphilic copolymers assemble into micelles and vesicles whose form depends on the side-chain length [3]. Nucleobase-containing polypeptide copolymers combine hydrogen-bonding recognition with amphiphilic assembly [4]. Comb-like architectures in aqueous solution follow the same balance of core segregation and coronal stabilisation [5].

amphiphilic copolymer self-assembly micelle vesicle block copolymer comb-like polymer
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  1. Fu, G.D.; Kang, E.T.; Neoh, K.G. Three-Dimensionally Ordered Porous Membranes Prepared via Self-Assembly and Reverse Micelle Formation from Well-Defined Amphiphilic Block Copolymers. Langmuir 2005, 21, 3619-3624. [CrossRef]
  2. Kimura, Y.; Ouchi, M.; Terashima, T. Folded amphiphilic homopolymer micelles in water: uniform self-assembly beyond amphiphilic random copolymers. Polymer Chemistry 2020, 11, 5156-5162. [CrossRef]
  3. Chen, Q.; Tian, K.; Zhu, R.; Ding, M.; Xu, Z. Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Comb-like Copolymers into Micelles and Vesicles in Solution. Polymers 2025, 17, 1870. [CrossRef]
  4. Nguyen, M.; Ferji, K.; Lecommandoux, S.; Bonduelle, C. Amphiphilic Nucleobase-Containing Polypeptide Copolymers—Synthesis and Self-Assembly. Polymers 2020, 12, 1357. [CrossRef]
  5. Moussa, W. Self-assembly of comb-like amphiphilic copolymers in aqueous solution. Polymer Bulletin 2017, 74, 1405-1419. [CrossRef]
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