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Synfacts 2008(9): 0925-0925
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078678
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078678
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
© Georg Thieme Verlag
Stuttgart ˙ New York
Cargo-Filled Nanocapsules
J.-K. Kim, E. Lee, Y.-b. Lim, M. Lee*
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Further Information
Publication History
Publication Date:
22 August 2008 (online)
Significance
In water, the rod-shaped amphiphile 3 self-assembles into porous capsular structures of up to several micrometers in diameter. The pores of these capsules close reversibly upon heating by dehydration and collapse of the ethylene oxide moieties.