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Inorganic/Organic Mesostructures with Complex Architectures: Precipitation of Calcium Phosphate in the Presence of Double-Hydrophilic Block Copolymers
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1998
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Colloidal MaterialEngineeringHybrid ColloidsInteractive Polymer TemplatesChemistryInorganic MaterialComplex ArchitecturesCalcium AluminateBiophysicsPolymer ChemistryMaterials ScienceMicelleColloidal PropertyColloidal SystemBlock Co-polymersUnusual MorphologiesSelf-assemblyPolymer ScienceInorganic/organic MesostructuresInorganic PolymerPolymer Self-assemblyFunctional MaterialsCalcium Phosphate
Hybrid colloids with new and unusual morphologies (see figure) are formed by precipitation of calcium phosphates in the presence of hydrophobically modified double-hydrophilic block copolymer micelles. The use of interactive polymer templates broadens the toolbox of chemistry required for the construction of complex structures on the nanometer and mesoscopic scale.