Thermally responsive vesicles and their structural "locking" through polyelectrolyte complex formation

Yuting Li, Brad S. Lokitz, Charles L. McCormick

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Abstract

(Chemical Equation Presented) Hot spots: Thermally responsive AB diblock copolymers that self-assemble into vesicles at higher temperatures were prepared (see picture). These vesicles can be cross-linked by adding an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5792-5795
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume45
Issue number35
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 4 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Block copolymers
  • Chain-transfer polymerization
  • Self-assembly
  • Vesicles
  • Water-soluble polymers

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