Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Block copolymer crystalsomes with an ultrathin shell to extend blood circulation time

  • Hao Qi,
  • Hao Zhou,
  • Qiyun Tang,
  • Jee Young Lee,
  • Zhiyuan Fan,
  • Seyong Kim,
  • Mark C. Staub,
  • Tian Zhou,
  • Shan Mei,
  • Lin Han,
  • Darrin J. Pochan,
  • Hao Cheng,
  • Wenbing Hu,
  • Christopher Y. Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05396-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In block copolymer vesicles, crystallization often leads to defects and renders the structures leaky that undermines their potential biomedical application. Here the authors use an emulsion solution method to control the crystallization of an amphiphilic block copolymer at the curved liquid/liquid interface to improve the blood circulation time.