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Hierarchical Self‐Assembled Photo‐Responsive Tubisomes from a Cyclic Peptide‐Bridged Amphiphilic Block Copolymer
Author(s) -
Yang Jie,
Song JiInn,
Song Qiao,
Rho Julia Y.,
Mansfield Edward D. H.,
Hall Stephen C. L.,
Sambrook Megan,
Huang Feihe,
Perrier Sébastien
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201916111
Subject(s) - amphiphile , copolymer , micelle , self assembly , nanostructure , supramolecular chemistry , vesicle , rational design , materials science , soft matter , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer , molecule , organic chemistry , membrane , colloid , aqueous solution , composite material , biochemistry
Typically, the morphologies of the self‐assembled nanostructures from block copolymers are limited to spherical micelles, wormlike micelles and vesicles. Now, a new generation of materials with unique shape and structures, cylindrical soft matter particles (tubisomes), are obtained from the hierarchical self‐assembly of cyclic peptide‐bridged amphiphilic diblock copolymers. The capacity of obtained photo‐responsive tubisomes as potential drug carriers is evaluated. The supramolecular tubisomes pave an alternative way for fabricating polymeric tubular structures, and will expand the toolbox for the rational design of functional hierarchical nanostructures.