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Stabilized vesicles consisting of small amphiphiles for stepwise photorelease via UV light

J Dong, Y Zeng, Z Xun, Y Han, J Chen, YY Li, Y Li

Index: Dong, Jianming; Zeng, Yi; Xun, Zhiqing; Han, Yongbin; Chen, Jinping; Lee, Ying-Ying; Li, Yi Langmuir, 2012 , vol. 28, # 3 p. 1733 - 1737

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Abstract

A small amphiphile consisting of hydrophilic tetraethylene glycol monoacrylate and hydrophobic alkyl chain which were connected by an o-nitrobenzyl unit, a photolabile group, was designed and synthesized. The critical aggregate concentration of the synthesized amphiphile was determined to be about 3× 10–5 M by the fluorescence probe technique. Nanosized vesicles were prepared and stabilized by in-situ radical polymerization without ...