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Inside Front Cover: Novel Engineered Ion Channel Provides Controllable Ion Permeability for Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules Coated with a Lipid Membrane (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2/2009)
Author(s) -
Battle Andrew R.,
Valenzuela Stella M.,
Mechler Adam,
Nichols Ryan J.,
Praporski Slavica,
di Maio Isabelle L.,
Islam Hedayetul,
GirardEgrot Agnès P.,
Cornell Bruce A.,
Prashar Jog,
Caruso Frank,
Martin Lisandra L.,
Martin Donald K.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200990001
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , materials science , flattening , lipid bilayer , membrane , bilayer , nanotechnology , front cover , cover (algebra) , composite material , polymer , chemistry , biochemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
In their Full Paper on page 201 , Donald Martin and co‐workers describe the covering of polyelectrolyte microcapsules with a lipid bilayer that incorporates a novel engineered ion channel to provide a functional capability to control transport across the microcapsule wall. The cover image shows atomic‐force microscopy images of these 8‐layer polyelectroctrolyte capsules recorded using tapping mode in an aqueous environment. The capsules can be seen to collapse in a folded manner, with an occasional wrinkle that “absorbs” the extra surface area when flattening the spherical surface.