Issue 5, 2018

Janus quantum dot vesicles generated through membrane fusion

Abstract

This paper reports a non-phase separation method to prepare a novel type of Janus vesicle, which contains different quantum dots (QDs) in its two hemispheres. The Janus vesicles were generated through the fusion of cyclodextrin or adamantane-functionalized hyperbranched polymer vesicles incorporated with QDs, driven by the intervesicular host–guest molecular recognition. Both the vesicle structure and the real-time membrane fusion process were revealed under fluorescence microscopy, by taking advantage of the giant size, great stability, and controllable surface functionality of the hyperbranched polymer vesicles (BPs). More interestingly, a potential magnetically controlled printing application of the Janus vesicles with Fe3O4-containing hemispheres by their monolayer patterning in water was demonstrated, which realized the first “printing” of ordered vesicles.

Graphical abstract: Janus quantum dot vesicles generated through membrane fusion

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
05 Feb 2018
Accepted
10 Mar 2018
First published
13 Mar 2018

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1040-1045

Janus quantum dot vesicles generated through membrane fusion

H. Li, A. Zhang, K. Li, W. Huang, Y. Mai, Y. Zhou and D. Yan, Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 1040 DOI: 10.1039/C8QM00059J

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