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Abstract
The behavior of tubular polymersomes is investigated within the framework of the elastic energy model. The transition from a cylindrical tube to a chain of beads connected by small necks is studied in detail. The evolution of a polymersome shape, resulting from a change of the temperature is modeled by the shape transformations caused by a change of the spontaneous curvature. Good agreement between the experiments and the theoretical calculations is found.Year: 2004 PMID: 15323480 DOI: 10.1021/la049776u
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Langmuir ISSN: 0743-7463 Impact factor: 3.882