Michaela Würbser

[Michaela Würbser @wurbser]

@StefanBorsley @andrewbissette @BoekhovenLab Hey,
thank you, that is a good one, that e.g. the product might react with the building blocks of the assemblies. That way, maybe a change in the packing parameter of the micelles take place resulting in worm-like micelles, bilayers, and so on.

[Michaela Würbser @wurbser]

Hi all,
I am excited to present our recent study from the @BoekhovenLab on chemically fueled self-assembly of block copolymer micelles working as transient nanoreactors as a #RSCPoster, #RSCOrg, #RSCCat.

[Michaela Würbser @wurbser]

@deuxbeck @BoekhovenLab Especially nice is the transient character of the micelles leading to a release of the product (not trapped as in conventional micelles) depending on the lifetime of the micelles and thus of the converted anhydride

[Michaela Würbser @wurbser]

@deuxbeck @BoekhovenLab e.g. the rate of N-benzyl maleimide reacting with ethyl sorbate in water is extremely low, however using our micellar system we could accelerate it, getting a 4-fold higher product yield.

[Michaela Würbser @wurbser]

@deuxbeck @BoekhovenLab Hey hey,
thanks for your question! Since in Diels Alder reactions the reactants can be of pretty hydrophobic nature, we tried to create a domain in which the reaction is taking place preferentially even though performed in water