title: Tuning polymeric amphiphilicity via Se-N interactions: towards one-step double emulsion for highly selective enzyme mimics.
abstract: A selenium-containing small molecule is exploited to controllably tune the polymer amphiphilicity, leading to fabrication of appropriate polymer surfactants through which one-step double emulsions can be obtained in a facile, scalable, surfactant-free approach. After solvent evaporation, these resulting porous microparticles are shown to be the exceptional artificial GPx enzyme mimics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ruochen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Dingguan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Huaping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yapei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012643:Selenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D011108:Polymers; D012643:Selenium; D009584:Nitrogen
keywords: GPx mimics; amphiphilicity; double emulsions; phase inversions