Ultrasound-responsive ultrathin multiblock copolyamide vesicles

Nanoscale. 2016 Mar 7;8(9):4922-6. doi: 10.1039/c5nr08596a.

Abstract

This study reports the self-assembly of novel polymer vesicles from an amphiphilic multiblock copolyamide, and the vesicles show a special structure with an ultrathin wall thickness of about 4.5 nm and a combined bilayer and monolayer packing model. Most interestingly, the vesicles are ultrasound-responsive and can release the encapsulated model drugs in response to ultrasonic irradiation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't