Polymeric microtubules that breathe: CO2 -driven polymer controlled-self-assembly and shape transformation.
Tubular breathing motion: Polymer tubules self-assembled from a gas-sensitive triblock copolymer can undergo shape evolution. A sequence from microtubes through submicroscopic vesicles to nanosized spherical micelles is modulated by CO2 stimulation levels.
Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrook, Quebec, J1K 2R1 (Canada).
Qiang
Q
Yan
Yue
Y
Zhao
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
D011108:Polymers; D002245:Carbon Dioxide
biomimics; block copolymers; carbon dioxide; controlled self-assembly; shape transformation