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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the ERC (615142). B. Couturaud
acknowledges funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under the Marie
Sklodowska-Curie
grant
agreement
No
703934,
FluoroDendriNostic project. Advanced BioImaging Research
Technology Platform, BBSRC ALERT14 award BB/M01228X/1 is
thanked for supporting cryo-TEM analysis, and Dr. S. Bakker,
University of Warwick, is thanked for assistance.
Keywords: PISA, RAFT polymerization, nanoparticles,
structure-property relationships, polymer hydrophobicity
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