Samuel Pearce

TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline recent advances concerning the formation and potential uses of block copolymer micelles, a class of soft-matter-based nanoparticles of growing importance, in terms of morphological diversity, structural complexity, control over micelle dimensions, scale-up, and applications in a range of areas from nanocomposites to nanomedicine.

TL;DR: Access is reported to a series of monodisperse complex and hierarchical colloidally stable 2D structures based on PLLA cores using the seeded growth, "living-crystallization-driven self-assembly" method.

TL;DR: A high-performance recyclable photocatalytic core–shell nanofibre system that integrates a cobalt catalyst and a photosensitizer in close proximity for hydrogen production from water using visible light is described.

TL;DR: Preparation of 1D fiber-like micelles with crystalline cores at high concentrations by a one-pot process termed polymerization-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly (PI-CDSA) is described and heteroepitaxial growth allows the formation of scaled-up block co-micelles where the composition of the core and corona was varied.

TL;DR: The principles, syntheses and recent advances in the controlled formation of functional vesicle structures produced by PISA are discussed, while highlighting the exciting opportunities that can be explored in this emerging field.