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Fluorescent Vesicles Consisting of Galactose‐based Amphiphilic Copolymers with a π‐Conjugated Sequence Self‐assembled in Water
Author(s) -
Aissou Karim,
Pfaff André,
Giacomelli Cristiano,
Travelet Christophe,
Müller Axel H.E.,
Borsali Redouane
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201100054
Subject(s) - amphiphile , conjugated system , copolymer , fluorescence , vesicle , sequence (biology) , materials science , nanostructure , polymer chemistry , self assembly , chemistry , polymer , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , biochemistry , membrane , physics , quantum mechanics
Fluorescent vesicles considered as a mimic of natural primitive cells are prepared from poly(3‐hexylthiophene)‐ block ‐poly(3‐ O ‐methacryloyl‐ D ‐galactopyranose) P3HT‐ b ‐PMAGP copolymers. The unique characteristic of such vesicular nanostructures is their architecture, which comprises a hydrophobic π ‐conjugated P3HT wall stabilized by a hydrophilic PMAGP interface featuring glucose units. The results of this work offer a very efficient and straightforward method for engineering well‐controlled fluorescent nanoparticles (without the addition of dyes), which provide an excellent support to the study of carbohydrate‐protein interactions.