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Adhesive Vesicles through Adaptive Response of a Biobased Surfactant
Author(s) -
Balachandran Vijai S.,
Jadhav Swapnil R.,
Pradhan Padmanava,
De Carlo Sacha,
John George
Publication year - 2010
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.201002260
Subject(s) - vesicle , pulmonary surfactant , micelle , chemistry , adhesive , alkyl , cardanol , biophysics , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , aqueous solution , membrane , biology , layer (electronics) , epoxy , engineering
Chemist's caviar : Stimuli‐responsive fusogenic vesicles from a cardanol‐taurine surfactant are reported. The thermo‐responsive behavior of the unsaturations in the alkyl chains, reminiscent of homeoviscous alterations, lead to a micelle‐to‐vesicle transformation and to the formation of caviar‐like adhesive vesicles (see photograph).