title: Photodestructible vesicles.
abstract: Stable vesicles are formed in a 1.4 wt % solution comprising a 1:3 mixture of the anionic photodestructible surfactant sodium 4-hexylphenylazosulfonate (C6PAS) and inert cationic cetyltrimethylamonium bromide (CTAB). UV irradiation drives an irreversible breakdown of the mixed C6PAS/CATB vesicles, owing to the selective degradation of C6PAS. A light-induced transition from small spherical-like polydisperse vesicles to long needle-like aggregation is observed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK. julian.eastoe@bris.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eastoe
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vesperinas
authors.forename: Anne-Carole
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Donnewirth
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grillo
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Heenan
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013501:Surface-Active Agents