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Polymeric Microtubules That Breathe: CO 2 ‐Driven Polymer Controlled‐Self‐Assembly and Shape Transformation
Author(s) -
Yan Qiang,
Zhao Yue
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.201303984
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer , micelle , materials science , vesicle , self assembly , nanotechnology , sequence (biology) , transformation (genetics) , microtubule , chemical engineering , biophysics , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , membrane , engineering , aqueous solution , biochemistry , gene , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Tubular breathing motion : Polymer tubules self‐assembled from a gas‐sensitive triblock copolymer can undergo shape evolution. A sequence from microtubes through submicroscopic vesicles to nanosized spherical micelles is modulated by CO 2 stimulation levels.