Hybrid Unilamellar Vesicles of Phospholipids and Block Copolymers with Crystalline Domains.

ABSTRACT: Phospholipid (PL) membranes are ubiquitous in nature and their phase behavior has been extensively studied. Lipids assemble in a variety of structures and external stimuli can activate a quick switch between them. Amphiphilic block copolymers (BCPs) can self-organize in analogous structures but are mechanically more robust and transformations are considerably slower. The combination of PL dynamical behavior with BCP chemical richness could lead to new materials for applications in bioinspired separation membranes and drug delivery. It is timely to underpin the phase behavior of these hybrid systems and a few recent studies have revealed that PL-BCP membranes display synergistic structural, phase-separation, and dynamical properties not seen in pure components. One example is phase-separati

SUBMITTER: Go YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7362021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature