Table 1 Polymerization and self-assembly for CSTR–BZ–PISA of PEG-b-PDAAM with different residence times (τ), target DPs, and BZ recipes.

From: Flow chemistry controls self-assembly and cargo in Belousov-Zhabotinsky driven polymerization-induced self-assembly

Exp.

DP

BZ recipea (mM)

Τ (min)

Con.b (%)

Morphologyc

1

400

0.2

40

36.5

M + W

2

400

0.2

60

40.9

nanoV

3

400

0.2

90

43.8

nanoV

4

400

0.2

120

53.7

GVs

5

200

0.2

60

37.3

–

6

200

0.2

90

41.3

M

7

200

0.2

120

52.9

W

8

200

0.2

150

55.6

SA

9

200

0.45

60

43.1

M + W

10

200

0.45

120

57.7

GVs

  1. aReagents and concentrations in the reactor: BZ 0.2 mM Ru-catalyst recipe (Ru (bpy)32+, 0.2 mM; NaBrO3, 150 mM; H2SO4, 500 mM; CH2(COOH)2, 60 mM) and BZ 0.45 mM Ru-catalyst recipe (Ru (bpy)32+, 0.45 mM; NaBrO3, 300 mM; H2SO4, 900 mM; CH2(COOH)2, 90 mM)
  2. bMonomer conversions taken as steady-state values were determined via UV–vis spectroscopy
  3. cMorphology was observed by TEM analysis: M micelles, W worms, SA sphere nanoaggregates, nanoV nanosized vesicles, GVs giant vesicles
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