Stimuli-Responsive Vesicles and Hydrogels Formed by a Single-Tailed Dynamic Covalent Surfactant in Aqueous Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Controlling the hierarchical self-assembly of surfactants in aqueous solutions has drawn much attention due to their broad range of applications, from targeted drug release, preparation of smart material, to biocatalysis. However, the synthetic procedures for surfactants with stimuli-responsive hydrophobic chains are complicated, which restricts the development of surfactants. Herein, a novel single-tailed responsive surfactant, 1-methyl-3-(2-(4-((tetradecylimino) methyl) phenoxy) ethyl)-3-imidazolium bromides (C₁₄PMimBr), was facilely fabricated in situ by simply mixing an aldehyde-functionalized imidazolium cation (3-(2-(4-formylphenoxy) ethyl)-1-methyl imidazolium bromide, BAMimBr) and aliphatic amine (tetradecylamine, TDA) through dynamic imine bonding. With increasing conce

SUBMITTER: Xu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11547677 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature