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. 2015 Sep 4;6:8127. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9127

Figure 3. Programmed stepwise hierarchical assembly.

Figure 3

TEM images (after solvent evaporation) and corresponding schematic representations of (a) ‘cross' supermicelles from the HA-X-HA (420 nm) triblock comicelles; and the ‘cross' supermicelles (b) with crosslinked XLX segments; (c) after the growth of N segments; (d) with crosslinked XLHA segments; (e) after the growth of another HA segments; and (f) after the further addition of HD seed micelles in i-PrOH. Scale bars are 200 nm in images a–d, 500 nm in images (e,f) and 2 μm in lower magnification images (g,h). Segment X=M(PFS36-b-PMVS324), HA=M(PFS25-b-P2VP250), N=M(PFS20-b-PtBA280) and HD=M(PFS20-b-PMVSOH120).