Molecular exchange through vesicle membranes: a pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance study.
The permeability of block copolymer vesicles is studied using pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy together with a numerical data analysis procedure. Polyethylene oxide molecules of various molecular masses are used to sample the permeability of the vesicle membrane by observing the trans-membrane exchange process under equilibrium conditions. For shorter polyethylene oxide chains, the analysis yields a nearly linear dependence of the logarithmic trans-membrane exchange rate on the hydrodynamic radius of the sample molecules.
Rumplecker
Anja
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Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, D-45470 Mülheim, Germany.
Förster
Stephan
S
Zähres
Manfred
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Mayer
Christian
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