title: Fluorescent vesicles consisting of galactose-based amphiphilic copolymers with a π-conjugated sequence self-assembled in water.
abstract: Fluorescent vesicles considered as a mimic of natural primitive cells are prepared from poly(3-hexylthiophene)-block-poly(3-O-methacryloyl-D-galactopyranose) P3HT-b-PMAGP copolymers. The unique characteristic of such vesicular nanostructures is their architecture, which comprises a hydrophobic π-conjugated P3HT wall stabilized by a hydrophilic PMAGP interface featuring glucose units. The results of this work offer a very efficient and straightforward method for engineering well-controlled fluorescent nanoparticles (without the addition of dyes), which provide an excellent support to the study of carbohydrate-protein interactions.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV, CNRS-UPR 5301), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aissou
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pfaff
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giacomelli
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Travelet
authors.forename: Axel H E
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Redouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borsali
mesh_terms: D057930:Click Chemistry; D005453:Fluorescence; D005690:Galactose / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D058105:Polymerization; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D013876:Thiophenes; C507295:poly(3-hexylthiophene); D005690:Galactose