Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of living CDSA monitored by iSCAT.
From: Real-time label-free imaging of living crystallization-driven self-assembly
A Uniform short micellar seeds were formed via sonication of polydisperse fibers of poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide), PCL-b-PDMA. 1D fibers and 2D platelets with controlled size and dispersity were then prepared via living CDSA by adding the block copolymer (PCL-b-PDMA) and unimer mixtures of PCL and PCL-b-PDMA to the seed solution, respectively. B iSCAT contrast results from interference between light scattered from growing platelets (IS) and light reflected at the glass-liquid interface (IR).
