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Redox‐Active Organometallic Vesicles: Aqueous Self‐Assembly of a Diblock Copolymer with a Hydrophilic Polyferrocenylsilane Polyelectrolyte Block
Author(s) -
PowerBillard K. Nicole,
Spontak Richard J.,
Manners Ian
Publication year - 2004
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/anie.200352819
Subject(s) - copolymer , cationic polymerization , vesicle , polyelectrolyte , aqueous solution , polymer chemistry , self assembly , redox , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , membrane , polymer , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , biochemistry
A water‐soluble poly(dimethylsiloxane‐ b ‐ferrocenylsilane) diblock copolymer containing a hydrophilic cationic polyferrocene block, which is formed in a self‐assembly process, yields redox‐active vesicles with a diameter of approximately 85 nm (see figure) in which the organometallic block is located on both the outside and the inside of the formed aggregates.