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Breathing Polymersomes: CO 2 ‐Tuning Membrane Permeability for Size‐Selective Release, Separation, and Reaction
Author(s) -
Yan Qiang,
Wang Jianbo,
Yin Yingwu,
Yuan Jinying
Publication year - 2013
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.201300397
Subject(s) - polymersome , nanoreactor , membrane , semipermeable membrane , chemistry , vesicle , chemical engineering , membrane permeability , polymer , permeability (electromagnetism) , chromatography , materials science , biophysics , nanotechnology , amphiphile , copolymer , nanoparticle , organic chemistry , biochemistry , engineering , biology
Take a deep breath : The membrane permeability and the scale of membrane nanochannels of polymer vesicles are modulated by CO 2 control of vesicular expansion and contraction. These polymersomes can act as size‐selective nanoseparators for particle sieving and as nanoreactors for enzymatic reactions that require compartmentalization. GSH=glutathione.