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SUBMITTER: Jeong JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298412 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeong Jae Hyun JH Cha Chaenyung C Kaczmarowski Amy A Haan John J Oh Soonnam S Kong Hyunjoon H
Soft matter 20120101 8
Polymer vesicles are being extensively studied to emulate self-assembly in biological systems and also use them in a variety of biological and industrial applications. This study demonstrates a novel strategy to prepare polymer vesicles in a pure aqueous medium by driving the micelle-to-vesicle transition with metallic nanoparticles. We synthesized poly(2-amino-2-hydroxyethyl aspartamide) (PAHA) substituted with octadecyl chains, which could form micelle-like self-aggregates in the aqueous mediu ...[more]