| Literature DB >> 16089361 |
Tsutomu Hamada1, Yuko T Sato, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Takeshi Nagasaki.
Abstract
A photosensitive amphiphilic molecule can switch the shape of an assembled vesicle as determined by microscopic observation. Photoisomerization induces a change in membrane fluctuation behavior or a morphological transition between ellipsoid and bud shapes, depending on the asymmetrical degree of the initial shape. The mechanism of this reversible photoswitching in the vesicle morphology is interpreted in terms of a change in the effective cross-sectional area of the photosensitive molecule.Mesh：
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16089361 DOI： 10.1021/la050885y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Langmuir ISSN： 0743-7463 Impact factor: 3.882