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Frank-Kasper and related quasicrystal spherical phases in macromolecules

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Creation of diverse ordered nanostructures via self-assembly of macromolecules is a promising “bottom-up” approach towards next-generation nanofabrication technologies. It is therefore of critical importance to explore the possibilities to form new self-assembled phases in soft matter systems. In this review, we summarized recent advances on the identification of several unconventional spherical phases in the self-assembly of functional macromolecules, including Frank-Kasper (F-K) phases and quasicrystals originally observed in metal alloys. We believe that these results provide a new strategy towards the rational design of novel functional materials with hierarchically ordered structures.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Pearl River Talents Scheme (2016ZT06C322), the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC11050003), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2017JQ001). K. Yue thanks the Youth Thousand Talents Program of China for support.

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  1. South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Kan Yue, Jing Wang, Linge Wang & Stephen Z. D. Cheng

  2. Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325, USA

    Mingjun Huang, Chih-Hao Hsu & Stephen Z. D. Cheng

  3. State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Jing Wang, Linge Wang & Stephen Z. D. Cheng

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Huang, M., Yue, K., Wang, J. et al. Frank-Kasper and related quasicrystal spherical phases in macromolecules. Sci. China Chem. 61, 33–45 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9140-8

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