Unprecedented formation of reverse micellar vesicles from psuedopeptidic bottlebrush polymers
Sameer Dhawan, Hanuman Singh, Sukanya Ghosh, Vaishali Khokhar, Siddharth Pandey, Manidipa Banerjee, V. Haridas
Abstract
Spherical assemblies named "reverse micellar vesicles" from self-assembling psuedopeptidic bottlebrush polymers are reported. These assemblies exhibited the combined features of both micelles and vesicles viz. molecular arrangement of classical micelles and dimensions similar to that of classical vesicles. Comprehensive ultramicroscopic and spectroscopic analyses were performed to delineate the hierarchical mechanism of their formation.
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VesiclePolymerMicelleChemistryNanotechnologyPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringBiophysicsMaterials sciencePolymer scienceOrganic chemistryAqueous solutionMembraneBiologyBiochemistryEngineeringSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection