Issue 38, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Direct observation of time and temperature dependent transition from spherical micelles to vesicles†

Hua Wei,a   Cui-yun Yu,a   Cong Chang,a   Chang-yun Quan,a   Shao-bo Mo,a   Si-xue Cheng,a   Xian-zheng Zhang*a  and  Ren-xi Zhuo*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R. China
E-mail: xz-zhang@whu.edu.cn; bmp@whu.edu.cn
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Abstract

An interesting transition from spherical micelles to vesicles, which was time and temperature dependent, was observed for the first time; it is tentatively attributed to the thermal hysteresis of temperature-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).

Graphical abstract: Direct observation of time and temperature dependent transition from spherical micelles to vesicles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B811553B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Jul 2008
Accepted
22 Jul 2008
First published
01 Aug 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4598-4600

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Direct observation of time and temperature dependent transition from spherical micelles to vesicles

H. Wei, C. Yu, C. Chang, C. Quan, S. Mo, S. Cheng, X. Zhang and R. Zhuo, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4598 DOI: 10.1039/B811553B

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