Micelle-to-vesicle morphological transition via light-induced rapid hydrophilic arm detachment from a star polymer

  • Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jan 30;48(9):1257-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc16363b.
Jin-Zhi Du  1 ,  Hong-Yan Long ,  You-Yong Yuan ,  Meng-Meng Song ,  Liang Chen ,  Hong Bi ,  Jun Wang
Affiliations
  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China.
PMID: 22179503 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16363b
Abstract

Micelle-to-vesicle morphological transition has been achieved by light-induced rapid hydrophilic arm detachment from a star polymer. This provides a remote and clean method to control morphology transition of polymeric assemblies.

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