Volume 52, Issue 38 pp. 9948-9951
Communication

Polymeric Microtubules That Breathe: CO2-Driven Polymer Controlled-Self-Assembly and Shape Transformation

Dr. Qiang Yan

Dr. Qiang Yan

Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrook, Quebec, J1K 2R1 (Canada)

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Prof. Dr. Yue Zhao

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Yue Zhao

Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrook, Quebec, J1K 2R1 (Canada)

Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrook, Quebec, J1K 2R1 (Canada)===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 08 August 2013
Citations: 112

This work was financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB93060), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), le Fonds Quebecois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies of Quebec (FQRNT).

Graphical Abstract

Tubular breathing motion: Polymer tubules self-assembled from a gas-sensitive triblock copolymer can undergo shape evolution. A sequence from microtubes through submicroscopic vesicles to nanosized spherical micelles is modulated by CO2 stimulation levels.

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