@article{ec278091bf864764a18ad46a4107c0b7,
title = "Transition from smectic nanofibers to smectic vesicles in the self-assemblies of PEG-: B -liquid crystal polycarbonates",
abstract = "This work reports on the self-assemblies of amphiphilic biodegradable cholesterol-containing block copolymers PEG-b-PMCC. The polymers are prepared through the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of a methyl and cholesteryl substituted trimethylenecarbonate monomer (MCC). They can self-assemble into smectic ellipsoidal vesicles in water through the transition from smectic nanofibers.",
author = "Lu Zhou and Dapeng Zhang and Sabrina Hocine and Alessia Pilone and Sylvain Tr{\'e}pout and Sergio Marco and Christophe Thomas and Jia Guo and Li, {Min Hui}",
note = "Funding Information: This work received financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21528402 and 21604001) and the French National Research Agency (ANR-16-CE29-0028). Dapeng Zhang thanks the China Scholarship Council for funding his PhD scholarship. We thank Dr Pierre-Antoine Albouy and Mr Xiang Shi for their help in performing SAXS. We also acknowledge the PICT-IBiSA of Institut Curie for providing access to chemical imaging equipment. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1039/c7py01131h",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "4776--4780",
journal = "Polymer Chemistry",
issn = "1759-9954",
publisher = "The Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "33",
}