Enabling Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis with Patchy Micelles.

Patch works! Patchy block copolymer micelles with a corona consisting of two chemically different patches have been designed for the selective binding of catalytically active nanoparticles. The fabrication of nonwoven supports by electrospinning was combined with crystallization-driven self-assembly for precise control over micelle formation to prepare a new recyclable catalyst platform.