TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography
AU - Haataja, J. S.
AU - Houbenov, N.
AU - Aseyev, V.
AU - Fragouli, P.
AU - Iatrou, H.
AU - Sougrat, Rachid
AU - Hadjichristidis, Nikos
AU - Ikkala, O.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: J. S. Haataja, N. Houbenov and O. Ikkala acknowledge the Academy of Finland and ERC (MIMEFUN, project number 291364) for funding. R. Sougrat and N. Hadjichristidis acknowledge the support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). This work made use of the Aalto University Nanomicroscopy Center (Aalto-NMC) premises.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/626835
UR - http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2018/cc/c7cc07306b
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041218492&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c7cc07306b
DO - 10.1039/c7cc07306b
M3 - Article
C2 - 29327027
AN - SCOPUS:85041218492
VL - 54
SP - 1085
EP - 1088
JO - Chemical Communications
JF - Chemical Communications
SN - 1359-7345
IS - 9
ER -