Jiping Zhang, Min Zou, Jinfeng Dong, Xuefeng Li*

Synthesis and Self-assembly behaviors of Well-defined Poly (lauryl methacrylate)-block-poly

(N-(2-methacryloylxyethyl) pyrrolidone) Copolymers

College of Chemistry and Molecules Sciences, Wuhan University,

Wuhan, PR China, 430072

* Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected]

Supporting Information

1 Figure S1. TEM images of 1 mg/mL (A) PLMA64-b-PNMP393, (B) PLMA64-b-PNMP484 and (C)

PLMA64-b-PNMP572 in THF at 25 °C. Scale bars represent 200 nm.

Figure S2. Micellar size distributions of (A) PLMA64-b-PNMP251, (B) PLMA64-b-PNMP393, (C)

PLMA64-b-PNMP484 and (D) PLMA64-b-PNMP572 deduced from TEM image analysis.

2 Figure S3. Size distribution histograms for the Au NPs stabilized by (A) PLMA64-b-PNMP112, (B)

PLMA64-b-PNMP251, (C) PLMA64-b-PNMP393, (D) PLMA64-b-PNMP484, and (E) PLMA64-b-

PNMP572.