Self-Assembly and Morphology Control of Newl-Glutamic Acid-Based Amphiphilic Random Copolymers: Giant Vesicles, Vesicles, Spheres, and Honeycomb Film

Langmuir ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (21) ◽  
pp. 12844-12850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuewang Zhu ◽  
Minghua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Glutamic Acid ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Morphology Control ◽  
Random Copolymers ◽  
Giant Vesicles

Hydrogen-Bonding Mediated Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic ABA Triblock Copolymers into Well-Defined Giant Vesicles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiying Wang ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Zhen Geng ◽  
Jingyi Rao ◽  
Bijin Xiong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Triblock Copolymers ◽  
Giant Vesicles

Giant vesicles represent an extremely useful system to mimick biomembranes; however, available methodologies towards easy and direct vesicles construction are still scarce. By designing a hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) amphiphilic ABA triblock...

scholarly journals Toward Experimental Evolution with Giant Vesicles

Life ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironori Sugiyama ◽  
Taro Toyota
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Experimental Evolution ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Cell Models ◽  
Giant Vesicles ◽  
Chemical Models ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Oil Emulsions

Experimental evolution in chemical models of cells could reveal the fundamental mechanisms of cells today. Various chemical cell models, water-in-oil emulsions, oil-on-water droplets, and vesicles have been constructed in order to conduct research on experimental evolution. In this review, firstly, recent studies with these candidate models are introduced and discussed with regards to the two hierarchical directions of experimental evolution (chemical evolution and evolution of a molecular self-assembly). Secondly, we suggest giant vesicles (GVs), which have diameters larger than 1 µm, as promising chemical cell models for studying experimental evolution. Thirdly, since technical difficulties still exist in conventional GV experiments, recent developments of microfluidic devices to deal with GVs are reviewed with regards to the realization of open-ended evolution in GVs. Finally, as a future perspective, we link the concept of messy chemistry to the promising, unexplored direction of experimental evolution in GVs.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Non-Uniform Functionalized Amphiphilic Block Copolymers and Giant Vesicles in the Presence of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction

Biomolecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isadora Berlanga
Keyword(s):  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Triblock Copolymer ◽  
Raft Polymerization ◽  
Catalyst Support ◽  
Giant Vesicles ◽  
Bz Reaction ◽  
Reversible Addition ◽  
Morphological Transitions ◽  
New Perspective

Giant vesicles with several-micrometer diameters were prepared by the self-assembly of an amphiphilic block copolymer in the presence of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. The vesicle is composed of a non-uniform triblock copolymer synthesized by multi-step reactions in the presence of air at room temperature. The triblock copolymer contains poly(glycerol monomethacrylate) (PGMA) as the hydrophilic block copolymerized with tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)3), which catalyzes the BZ reaction, and 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA) as the hydrophobic block. In this new approach, the radicals generated in the BZ reaction can activate a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization to self-assemble the polymer into vesicles with diameters of approximately 3 µm. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements demonstrated that the PGMA-b-Ru(bpy)3-b-PHPMA triblock copolymer is brominated and increases the osmotic pressure inside the vesicle, leading to micrometer-sized features. The effect of solvent on the morphological transitions are also discussed briefly. This BZ strategy, offers a new perspective to prepare giant vesicles as a platform for promising applications in the areas of microencapsulation and catalyst support, due to their significant sizes and large microcavities.

Hydrodynamically Driven Self-Assembly of Giant Vesicles of Metal Nanoparticles for Remote-Controlled Release

2013 ◽  
Vol 125 (9) ◽  
pp. 2523-2528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie He ◽  
Zengjiang Wei ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
Zuleykhan Tomova ◽  
Taarika Babu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Release ◽  
Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Giant Vesicles

scholarly journals Emergent Properties of Giant Vesicles Formed by a Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) Reaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders N. Albertsen ◽  
Jan K. Szymański ◽  
Juan Pérez-Mercader
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Emergent Properties ◽  
Giant Vesicles
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