When polymers self assemble in water, unlike surfactants, they do not reach a thermodynamically stable state but undergo slow relaxations for a long time. Small angle neutron scattering performed during dialysis of the polymer solution, enables to study of this effect and eventually understand how to overcome it.
Publication: In situ monitoring of block copolymer self-assembly through controlled dialysis with light and neutron scattering detection, M. Fauquignon et al., ACS Macro Lett. 12 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00286