Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Formation of non-spherical polymersomes driven by hydrophobic directional aromatic perylene interactions

  • Chin Ken Wong,
  • Alexander F. Mason,
  • Martina H. Stenzel,
  • Pall Thordarson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01372-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Polymersomes have become a powerful tool in drug delivery and synthetic biology, but their use can be restricted by a lack of versatile methods for shape control. Here the authors demonstrate access to a range of non-spherical polymersome morphologies by exploiting hydrophobic directional aromatic perylene interactions within the membrane structure.