Issue 47, 2016

Direct optical observations of vesicular self-assembly in large-scale polymeric structures during photocontrolled biphasic polymerization

Abstract

In this report, we employ a photo-controlled polymerization protocol featuring a fluorescent initiator to follow the evolution of the generated self-assembled microscopic structures in a phase-separating dispersion polymerization medium. We observe the growth of polymer vesicles with final diameters of tens of microns. The formed structures respond to illumination with visible light at the absorbance maximum of the photoinitiator, demonstrating that the reaction mixture remains active even after transferring to an optical microscope slide and that the “blebbing” of vesicles and their growth continue until a mature size is reached.

Graphical abstract: Direct optical observations of vesicular self-assembly in large-scale polymeric structures during photocontrolled biphasic polymerization

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Aug 2016
Accepted
14 Nov 2016
First published
14 Nov 2016

Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 7211-7215

Direct optical observations of vesicular self-assembly in large-scale polymeric structures during photocontrolled biphasic polymerization

J. K. Szymański and J. Pérez-Mercader, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 7211 DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01497F

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