A facile method for generating worm-like micelles with controlled lengths and narrow polydispersity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jul 11;56(54):7463-7466. doi: 10.1039/d0cc02313b. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

Abstract

This work shows that highly uniform worm micelles formed by polymerisation induced self-assembly can be obtained via simple post-synthesis sonication. Importantly, this straightforward and versatile strategy yields exceptionally monodisperse worms with tunable aspect ratios ranging from 7.2 to 17.6 by simply changing the sonication time.