A Versatile and Robust Vesicle Based on a Photocleavable Surfactant for Two??Photon??Tuned Release

J Dong, Z Xun, Y Zeng, T Yu, Y Han…

Index: Li, Yi; Dong, Jianming; Xun, Zhiqing; Zeng, Yi; Yu, Tianjun; Han, Yongbin; Chen, Jinping; Li, Ying-Ying; Yang, Guoqiang Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013 , vol. 19, # 24 p. 7931 - 7936

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Abstract

Abstract A small amphiphile that contains a coumarin unit and alkynyl groups, as a two- photon-cleavable segment and polymerizable groups, respectively, was designed and synthesized. The amphiphile showed a critical aggregation concentration of about 4.6× 10− 5 M and formed a vesicle-type assembly. The formed vesicles were stabilized by in situ “click” polymerization without altering their morphology. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic ...