화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.126, No.45, 14773-14777, 2004
Recognition-induced transformation of microspheres into vesicles: Morphology and size control
Polystyrene functionalized with diamidopyridine (DAP) recognition units self-assembles in nonpolar media to form thermally reversible micrometer-scale spherical aggregates. The size and the thermal stability of these microspheres can be controlled by the molecular weight of the polymer. The addition of thymine-functionalized polymer to these self-assembled microspheres converted them into vesicular aggregates with a controlled size. The morphology change was reversible: the addition of DAP-functionalized polymer converted the vesicles back to microspheres.