TY - JOUR
TI - Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography
AU - J. S. Haataja
AU - N. Houbenov
AU - V. Aseyev
AU - P. Fragouli
AU - H. Iatrou
AU - R. Sougrat
AU - N. Hadjichristidis
AU - O. Ikkala
JO - Chemical Communications (London)
PY - 2018
VL - 54
TODO - 9
SP - 1085--1088
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
SN - null
TODO - 10.1039/c7cc07306b
TODO - acetone;  polymer;  polystyrene block poly(1,4 isoprene)block poly(dimethylsiloxane)block poly(tert butylmethacrylate)block poly(2 vinylpyridine);  unclassified drug, Article;  chemical structure;  electron tomography;  polymerization
TODO - Polystyrene-block-poly(1,4-isoprene)-block-poly(dimethyl siloxane)-block-poly(tert-butyl methacrylate)-block-poly(2-vinyl pyridine), PS-b-PI-b-PDMS-b-PtBMA-b-P2VP, self-assembles in acetone into polymersomes with asymmetric (directional) PI-b-PDMS membranes. The polymersomes, in turn, self-assemble into superstructures. Analogically to supravesicular structures at a smaller length scale, we refer to them as suprapolymersome structures. Electron tomograms are shown to be invaluable in the structural assessment of such complex self-assemblies. © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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