Smart azobenzene-containing tubular polymersomes: fabrication and multiple morphological tuning
Lishan Li, Songbo Cui, An Hu, Wei Zhang, Yiwen Li, Nianchen Zhou, Zhengbiao Zhang, Xiulin Zhu
Abstract
A fundamental challenge in nanomaterial science is to facilely fabricate nonspherical polymersomes. Here, several kinds of novel tubular polymersomes were fabricated via self-assembly of amphiphilic azobenzene-containing block copolymers. Besides, their shape could be tuned by multiple approaches including changes in the chemical structure, self-assembly conditions and external stimuli.
Topics & Concepts
PolymersomeAzobenzeneFabricationMaterials scienceNanotechnologySmart materialChemical engineeringCopolymerPolymerAmphiphileComposite materialEngineeringMedicinePathologyAlternative medicinePhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and CharacterizationSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials