Reversibly interchangeable, chain-wrapped micelles and vesicles of an amphiphilic rod-coil block copolymer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Aug 28:(32):4824-6. doi: 10.1039/b909000b. Epub 2009 Jul 13.

Abstract

The rod-like chains wrap tangentially to the curved interface of the spherical cores of the rod-coil micelles and vesicles that are reversibly interchangeable by varying the polymer concentration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Micelles*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Models, Biological
  • Nitriles / chemistry*
  • Polyvinyls / chemical synthesis
  • Polyvinyls / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Unilamellar Liposomes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Micelles
  • Nitriles
  • Polyvinyls
  • Pyridines
  • Unilamellar Liposomes
  • poly(n-hexyl isocyanate)
  • poly(n-hexyl isocyanate)-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)