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Cover Picture: Polymer Vesicles Containing Small Vesicles within Interior Aqueous Compartments and pH‐Responsive Transmembrane Channels (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 10/2008)
Author(s) -
Chiu HsinCheng,
Lin YueWen,
Huang YiFong,
Chuang ChihKai,
Chern ChorngShyan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200890035
Subject(s) - vesicle , aqueous solution , chemistry , supramolecular chemistry , acrylate , compartmentalization (fire protection) , polymer , biophysics , polymer chemistry , transmembrane protein , copolymer , membrane , crystallography , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , crystal structure , enzyme , receptor
Multivesicle assemblies represent a new supramolecular arrangement similar to eukaryotic cells and their subcellular organelles, as described by H.‐C. Chiu and co‐workers in their Communication on page 1875 ff. These assemblies are prepared by two‐stage double emulsion of copolymers comprising acrylic acid and the acrylate of 1,2‐distearoyl‐ rac ‐glycerol. They exhibit pH‐responsive transmembrane channels, which allow compartmentalization of various chemicals within a vesicle and facile control of their encapsulation and release.