Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography

J. S. Haataja; N. Houbenov; V. Aseyev; P. Fragouli; H. Iatrou; Rachid Sougrat; Nikos Hadjichristidis; O. Ikkala

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Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography

J. S. Haataja, N. Houbenov, V. Aseyev, P. Fragouli, H. Iatrou, Rachid Sougrat, Nikos Hadjichristidis, O. Ikkala

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1085-1088
Number of pages	4
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	54
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc07306b
State	Published - 2018

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Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography. / Haataja, J. S.; Houbenov, N.; Aseyev, V.; Fragouli, P.; Iatrou, H.; Sougrat, Rachid; Hadjichristidis, Nikos; Ikkala, O.

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