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Adhesive and Anti‐Adhesive Agents in Giant Vesicles
Author(s) -
Menger Fredric M.,
Seredyuk Victor A.,
Yaroslavov Alexander A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20020415)41:8<1350::aid-anie1350>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - adhesive , vesicle , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , membrane , biochemistry , layer (electronics) , engineering
Stickiness of giant vesicles , visible under the light microscope, can be promoted or prevented (see figure) by substances such as poly‐ L ‐lysine (cationic), polyvinylpyrrolidone (nonionic; yellow), and heparin (anionic; blue). In one particular system, adhesion was time‐dependent owing to exchange of components by a pair of electrostatically adhered vesicles.