Polymeric micelles are representative self-assembly structures of block copolymers and have widely been investigated from both fundamental and applied aspects. In 1995, we discovered polyion complex ...

The proposed strategy will lead to the development of various advanced micelle structures with tunable, on-demand cavity functions in water. Micelles assemble in water from amphiphilic molecules, ...

Micelles play a crucial role in dispersing hydrophobic inks and drug in water-based solutions. Recently, researchers compared the dye solubilization capacities of micelles made from block and random ...

Researchers in Japan have produced a new form of photoactive micelles with potential applications in photofunctional dyes and sensors. Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have produced a new ...

(Nanowerk News) A new form of micelle, which is composed of detergents with bent aromatic panels, has been created by Michito Yoshizawa and his colleagues at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Unlike ...

Researchers have created “silicages,” 10-nm-diameter dodecahedral silica enclosures that could serve as carriers for therapeutic drugs or diagnostic agents. Ulrich Wiesner and coworkers at Cornell ...

When famed physicists Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska first introduced the transmission electron microscope (TEM) in 1933, it allowed researchers to peer inside cells, microorganisms and particles that were ...

Block copolymer micelles with well-defined core-shell structures significantly improve dye solubilization compared to random copolymers. This finding can lead to more efficient and cost-effective ...