Volume 50, Issue 7 pp. iii-iv
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Inside Cover, Volume 50, Issue 7

First published: 22 February 2012

Graphical Abstract

The image shows the process of morphology transition from the self-assembly behavior of fluorosilicone diblock copolymers with equal block length, as presented in the Rapid Communication by Hua Cheng, Jin-Jin Li, and Zheng-Hong Luo on page 1249. By changing the solvent quality, the morphology transition could bring about the generation of novel large compound rod micelles and micrometer-scale-sized vesicles. Interestingly, those vesicles are susceptible to the variation of pressure and regular polygonal micelles can be ultimately obtained. The micelles are also shown to be microporous materials with potential application for further fabrication of ordered microstructures.

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