The pH-responsive self-assembly of a zwitterionic amphiphile was expanded to the recovery of gold (Au) nanoparticles. Multilayered lamellae were incorporated into the nanoparticles. Redispersion of nanoparticles was achieved by the transition of self-assembly based on pH.
Coupling of a pH clock reaction (activation) with lactone hydrolysis (deactivation) can control and drive the self-assembly of pH-responsive building blocks.
pH-responsive nanofibers are obtained by the self-assembly of the camptothecin prodrug and surface-coating, which can efficiently enter cancer cells in vitro and penetrate deep into tumor tissue in vivo.
Xylene-in-water Pickering emulsion stabilized by polymer particles that were fabricated by the self-assembly of amphiphilic double dynamers showed temperature- and pH-responsive demulsification feature.
A novel organogelator with aggregation-induced emission properties responds to several external stimuli such as pH value, temperature and mechanical stress by the self-assembly of guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole carboxylate zwitterions.
ABA′ triblock peptide–polysarcosine–peptide conjugates fold into antiparallel β-sheets, which promotes the self-assembly into polysarcosine-shielded core–shell nanorods with protein repellent properties.
Chemically coded time-programmed self-assembly