@inbook{62db910419214c4c90a599a2007cedbe,
title = "Dynamic single chain polymeric nanoparticles : from structure to function.",
abstract = "Achieving the perfection of Nature in forming ordered structures in three dimensions is one of the great challenges for supramolecular chemists. Recently, the merger of supramolecular and polymer chemistry resulted in the preparation of polymers with pendant supramolecular motifs that intramolecularly self-assemble in solution into structures of defined size and shape. This review summarizes the recent progress made in preparing and characterizing such compartmentalized structures in solution in which the internal structure arises from non-covalent bond formation, making the obtained particles dynamic and adaptable. In addition, the potential of these so-called dynamic single-chain polymeric nanoparticles (SCPNs) is explored. We highlight the potential of SCPNs for catalysis in water and sensing, functions that all arise as a result of the well-defined conformations that are attained by directional non-covalent interactions",
author = "M. Artar and \{Huerta Martinez\}, E. and E.W. Meijer and A.R.A. Palmans",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1021/bk-2014-1170.ch021",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780841230019",
series = "ACS Symposium Series",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
pages = "313--325",
editor = "J.-F. Lutz and T.Y. Meyer and M. Ouchi and M. Sawamoto",
booktitle = "Sequence-Controlled Polymers : Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Properties",
address = "United States",
}