Probing morphological changes in polymersomes with magnetic birefringence

Probing morphological changes in polymersomes with magnetic birefringence

Magnetic birefringence was used for in situ monitoring of the morphological changes in diamagnetic polymersomes during shape-transformation by dialysis. The birefringence was found to be very sensitive to the polymersome morphology, as determined by electron microscopy. The deflation of polymersomes...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2014-05, Vol.50 (40), p.5394-5396
Hauptverfasser: Rikken, Roger S M, Kerkenaar, Harmen H M, Nolte, Roeland J M, Maan, Jan C, van Hest, Jan C M, Christianen, Peter C M, Wilson, Daniela A
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bending
Birefringence
Dialysis
Diamagnetism
Disks
Electron microscopy
Inflation
Morphology
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Zusammenfassung:Magnetic birefringence was used for in situ monitoring of the morphological changes in diamagnetic polymersomes during shape-transformation by dialysis. The birefringence was found to be very sensitive to the polymersome morphology, as determined by electron microscopy. The deflation of polymersomes into disks was observed, followed by a bending and partial inflation into stomatocytes.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c3cc47483f