Issue 26, 2018

Light-induced evolution of microaggregates: transformation to vesicles, cyclic growth and collapse and vesicle fusion

Abstract

A kind of microaggregates was synthesized in one pot via polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA). By illuminating with visible light in the absence or presence of fluorescent molecules, these self-assembled dynamic microaggregates underwent intriguing evolution behaviors, including transformation to vesicles, cyclic growth and collapse and vesicle fusion. This work offers a new perspective of the facile and versatile PISA technology, and these self-organized micro-object materials with specific evolution behaviors provide a promising platform that can be used as tools to mimic the origin and evolution of protocells.

Graphical abstract: Light-induced evolution of microaggregates: transformation to vesicles, cyclic growth and collapse and vesicle fusion

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Apr 2018
Accepted
26 Apr 2018
First published
27 Apr 2018

Polym. Chem., 2018,9, 3594-3599

Light-induced evolution of microaggregates: transformation to vesicles, cyclic growth and collapse and vesicle fusion

K. Ren and J. Perez-Mercader, Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3594 DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00546J

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