Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in the synthesis of sequential block copolymers offer a variety of tools to replicate natural design principles with tailor-made soft matter for the precise spatial separation of functionalities on multiple length scales. Here, we review recent trends in the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers to multicompartment nanostructures (MCNs) under (semi-)dilute conditions, with special emphasis on ABC triblock terpolymers. The intrinsic immiscibility of connected blocks induces short-range repulsion into discrete nano-domains stabilized by a third, soluble block or molecular additive. Polymer blocks can be synthesized from an arsenal of functional monomers directing self-assembly through packing frustration or response to various fields. The mobility in solution further allows the manipulation of self-assembly processes into specific directions by clever choice of environmental conditions. This review focuses on practical concepts that direct self-assembly into predictable nanostructures, while narrowing particle dispersity with respect to size, shape and internal morphology. The growing understanding of underlying self-assembly mechanisms expands the number of experimental concepts providing the means to target and manipulate progressively complex superstructures.
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South China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R ChinaSouth China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
Xiao, Lin-Lin
Zhou, Xu
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South China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R ChinaSouth China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
Zhou, Xu
Yue, Kan
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South China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
South China Univ Technol, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Funct & Intelligent Hybrid, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R ChinaSouth China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
Yue, Kan
Guo, Zi-Hao
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South China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
South China Univ Technol, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Funct & Intelligent Hybrid, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R ChinaSouth China Univ Technol, South China Adv Inst Soft Matter Sci & Technol, Sch Mol Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Hou, Chengmin
Hu, Jiwen
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Hu, Jiwen
Liu, Guojun
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Liu, Guojun
Wang, Jiandong
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Wang, Jiandong
Liu, Feng
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Liu, Feng
Hu, Heng
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Queens Univ, Dept Chem, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CanadaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Hu, Heng
Zhang, Ganwei
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Zhang, Ganwei
Zou, Hailiang
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Zou, Hailiang
Tu, Yuanyuan
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Tu, Yuanyuan
Liao, Bing
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Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaChinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Chem, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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Univ Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, EnglandUniv Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, England
Penfold, Nicholas J. W.
Yeow, Jonathan
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Univ New South Wales, Ctr Adv Macromol Design, Sch Chem Engn, Sydney, NSW 2051, Australia
Univ New South Wales, Australian Ctr NanoMed, Sch Chem Engn, Sydney, NSW 2051, AustraliaUniv Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, England
Yeow, Jonathan
Boyer, Cyrille
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Univ New South Wales, Ctr Adv Macromol Design, Sch Chem Engn, Sydney, NSW 2051, Australia
Univ New South Wales, Australian Ctr NanoMed, Sch Chem Engn, Sydney, NSW 2051, AustraliaUniv Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, England
Boyer, Cyrille
Armes, Steven P.
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Univ Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, EnglandUniv Sheffield, Dept Chem, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, S Yorkshire, England