title: Entrapment in giant polymersomes of an inorganic oscillatory chemical reaction and resulting chemo-mechanical coupling.
abstract: We present a methodology to entrap and run the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction inside a polymer vesicle. We report on experiments with polymer vesicles where we observed (1) vesicle membrane deformations, (2) oscillations and (3) pulsating (expansion/contraction) episodes. The above provide us with evidence for chemo-mechanical coupling between these polymersomes and their contents.
authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. tpereiradesouza@fas.harvard.edu.
authors: Tereza
authors: T
authors: Pereira de Souza
authors: Juan
authors: J
authors: Perez-Mercader
mesh_terms: D002070:Butadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003512:Cyclohexanones / Q000737:chemistry; D020724:Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008314:Malonates / Q000737:chemistry; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D003512:Cyclohexanones; D020724:Elastomers; D008314:Malonates; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C018031:1,2-cyclohexanedione; C028834:polybutadiene; C030290:malonic acid