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Synthesis and Characterization of Shell‐Cross‐Linked Glycopolymer Bilayer Vesicles
Author(s) -
Nishimura Tomoki,
Toh WeiLun,
Akiyoshi Kazunari
Publication year - 2018
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.201870058
Subject(s) - vesicle , copolymer , covalent bond , bilayer , polymer chemistry , sulfone , materials science , aqueous solution , polymer , chemistry , chemical engineering , membrane , organic chemistry , composite material , biochemistry , engineering
Front Cover : In article number 1800384 , Kazunari Akiyoshi and co‐workers develop a simple crosslinking method for covalently cross‐linking the shells of polymer vesicles, which are composed of maltopentaose‐ b ‐poly(propylene oxide) block copolymers, using divinyl sulfone as a crosslinking agent. The crosslinked vesicles are prepared by mixing the vesicles and divinyl sulfone and are easily purified. The covalently crosslinked vesicles preserve the bilayer structure and have excellent stability in aqueous solutions.