Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Nonlinear Polymers

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become a scalable route to block copolymer nanoparticles with tunable morphologies, but most established PISA formulations focus on linear architectures. This review surveys recent progress in extending PISA to nonlinear polymers-highlighting how polymer topology reshapes nucleation, packing, interfacial curvature, and ultimately nanoparticle morphology-while also positioning PISA as a practical method for synthesizing architecturally complex macromolecules. Key advances are summarized across star, graft, bottlebrush, branched, and cyclic polymers. Finally, we also discuss future opportunities of PISA of nonlinear polymers that may provide some inspirations for researcher in this area.

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Chemistry - A European Journal
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.70945
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Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
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Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Nonlinear Polymers

Jianbo Tan, Ruiming Wang, Li Zhang
Chemistry - A European Journal
Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
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Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly of Nonlinear Polymers

Jianbo Tan, Ruiming Wang, Li Zhang
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Abstract

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has become a scalable route to block copolymer nanoparticles with tunable morphologies, but most established PISA formulations focus on linear architectures. This review surveys recent progress in extending PISA to nonlinear polymers-highlighting how polymer topology reshapes nucleation, packing, interfacial curvature, and ultimately nanoparticle morphology-while also positioning PISA as a practical method for synthesizing architecturally complex macromolecules. Key advances are summarized across star, graft, bottlebrush, branched, and cyclic polymers. Finally, we also discuss future opportunities of PISA of nonlinear polymers that may provide some inspirations for researcher in this area.

Chemistry - A European Journal
Guangdong University of Technology (CN), FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ), South China University of Technology (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 29%
Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
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