摘要

Self-assembly of amphiphiles has attracted more and more attention in the fields of biomedicine and materials science during the last decade. For preparing functional nanostructures with specific size and morphology, researchers have developed a variety of robust construction methods, including film hydration, co-solvent, dialysis, microfluidic technologies as well as well frame-guided assembly method, etc. Since the traditional methods have already been well-summarized in detail in many references, therefore, only the construction mechanism and features of these strategies will be addressed here. As a new and effective construction strategy, frame-induced assembly has achieved a series of important achievements in fabrication of three dimensional nanovesicles and two dimensional nanomembranes with precise control on their morphology and size. Based on this novel method, various scaffolds and leading hydrophobic groups have been proven adaptable to form customized nanostructures. In this review, the important research progress of frame-induced assembly strategy in recent ten years will be summarized and evaluated, and the challenges and application prospects of this strategy in the future will be also forecasted.

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