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Thermally Responsive Vesicles and Their Structural “Locking” through Polyelectrolyte Complex Formation
Author(s) -
Li Yuting,
Lokitz Brad S.,
McCormick Charles L.
Publication year - 2006
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.200602168
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , vesicle , copolymer , chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical physics , computer science , polymer science , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , membrane
Hot spots : Thermally responsive AB diblock copolymers that self‐assemble into vesicles at higher temperatures were prepared (see picture). These vesicles can be cross‐linked by adding an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte.