Spontaneous formation of anisotropic microrods from paraffin wax in an aqueous environment
Abstract
We demonstrate the formation of polymer microrods from paraffin wax in an aqueous environment. The thermodynamics-driven self-organization and self-assembly of the polymeric materials lead to uniform microrod structures with high aspect ratios.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1039/d1sm01515j
Entities
People
- Elena V. Shevchenko
- Jianguo Wen
- Wei Wang
- Xuedan Ma
Organizations
- Argonne National Laboratory
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- University of Chicago