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Thermally Induced Reversible Self‐Assembly of Apoferritin–Block Copolymer Complexes
Author(s) -
Korpi Antti,
Skumial Piotr,
Kostiainen Mauri A.
Publication year - 2019
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.201970045
Subject(s) - copolymer , supramolecular chemistry , aqueous solution , polymer chemistry , electrolyte , self assembly , aqueous medium , materials science , chemical modification , block (permutation group theory) , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer , molecule , organic chemistry , electrode , geometry , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Outside Back Cover : In article number 1900308 by Mauri A. Kostiainen and co‐workers, native apoferritin protein cages self‐assemble in aqueous media into large complexes when complexed with synthetic block copolymers. The complexes can reversibly assemble and disassemble with varying temperature and are sensitive to the electrolyte concentration of the solution. No chemical modification of the proteins is needed and complexation is achieved through supramolecular interactions, enabling full recovery of the components.