Molecular engineering of polymersome surface topology.
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SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Perez L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4846435 | biostudies-other | 2016 Apr
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Molecular engineering of polymersome surface topology.
Ruiz-Pérez Lorena L Messager Lea L Gaitzsch Jens J Joseph Adrian A Sutto Ludovico L Gervasio Francesco Luigi FL Battaglia Giuseppe G
Science advances 20160415 4
Biological systems exploit self-assembly to create complex structures whose arrangements are finely controlled from the molecular to mesoscopic level. We report an example of using fully synthetic systems that mimic two levels of self-assembly. We show the formation of vesicles using amphiphilic copolymers whose chemical nature is chosen to control both membrane formation and membrane-confined interactions. We report polymersomes with patterns that emerge by engineering interfacial tension withi ...[more]
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