Voltage-responsive vesicles based on orthogonal assembly of two homopolymers

Q Yan, J Yuan, Z Cai, Y Xin, Y Kang…

Index: Yan, Qiang; Yuan, Jinying; Cai, Zhinan; Xin, Yan; Kang, Yan; Yin, Yingwu Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 , vol. 132, # 27 p. 9268 - 9270

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Abstract

Two end-decorated homopolymers, poly (styrene)-β-cyclodextrin (PS-β-CD) and poly (ethylene oxide)-ferrocene (PEO-Fc), can orthogonally self-assemble into a supramolecular diblock copolymer (PS-β-CD/PEO-Fc) in aqueous solutions based on the terminal host− guest interactions. These assemblies can further form supramolecular vesicles, and their assembly and disassembly behaviors can be reversibly switched by voltage through the ...