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Engineering the Structural Properties of DNA Block Copolymer Micelles by Molecular Recognition
Author(s) -
Ding Ke,
Alemdaroglu Fikri E.,
Börsch Michael,
Berger Rüdiger,
Herrmann Andreas
Publication year - 2007
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.200603064
Subject(s) - micelle , copolymer , amphiphile , dna , polymer , block (permutation group theory) , molecule , chemistry , polymer science , polymer chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics , geometry , aqueous solution
Transforming micelle structure : Amphiphilic DNA block copolymers form spherical micelles in solution. They can be transformed into rodlike micelles by hybridization with long DNA sequences, which consist of parallel aligned double‐stranded DNA molecules “glued” together by hydrophobic interactions of the organic polymer (see picture). The template determines the length of the rodlike aggregates.