@article{AlNakeebKochovskiLietal.2019,
  author    = {Al Nakeeb, Noah and Kochovski, Zdravko and Li, Tingting and Zhang, Youjia and Lu, Yan and Schmidt, Bernhard V. K. J.},
  title     = {Poly(ethylene glycol) brush-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-based double hydrophilic block copolymer particles crosslinked via crystalline alpha-cyclodextrin domains},
  series = {RSC Advances},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {RSC Advances},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {2046-2069},
  doi       = {10.1039/c8ra10672j},
  pages     = {4993 -- 5001},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Self-assembly of block copolymers is a significant area of polymer science. The self-assembly of completely water-soluble block copolymers is of particular interest, albeit a challenging task. In the present work the self-assembly of a linear-brush architecture block copolymer, namely poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-b-poly(oligoethylene glycol methacrylate) (PVP-b-POEGMA), in water is studied. Moreover, the assembled structures are crosslinked via alpha-CD host/guest complexation in a supramolecular way. The crosslinking shifts the equilibrium toward aggregate formation without switching off the dynamic equilibrium of double hydrophilic block copolymer (DHBC). As a consequence, the self-assembly efficiency is improved without extinguishing the unique DHBC self-assembly behavior. In addition, decrosslinking could be induced without a change in concentration by adding a competing complexation agent for alpha-CD. The self-assembly behavior was followed by DLS measurement, while the presence of the particles could be observed via cryo-TEM before and after crosslinking.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{AlNakeeb2019,
  author    = {Al Nakeeb, Noah},
  title     = {Self-assembly and crosslinking approaches of double hydrophilic linear-brush block copolymers},
  pages     = {133},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}