| Literature DB >> 21417391 |
Hoon Kim1, Sang-Mi Jeong, Ji-Woong Park.
Abstract
An aqueous vesicular system that is switchable by electric potential without addition of any chemical redox agents into the solution is demonstrated using redox-responsive self-assembly of an amphiphilic rod-coil molecule consisting of a tetraaniline and a poly(ethylene glycol) block. The vesicle membrane is split by an oxidizing voltage into smaller pucklike micelles that can reassemble to form vesicles upon exposure to a reducing voltage. The switching mechanism is explained by the packing behavior of the tetraaniline units constituting the membrane core, which depends on their oxidation states.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21417391 DOI: 10.1021/ja200297j
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419