Dual electrical switching permeability of vesicles via redox-responsive self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers and polyoxometalates

Dandan Chong; Junyan Tan; Jinlong Zhang; Yue Zhou; Xinhua Wan; Jie Zhang

doi:10.1039/c8cc03749c

Dual electrical switching permeability of vesicles via redox-responsive self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers and polyoxometalates

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jul 10;54(56):7838-7841. doi: 10.1039/c8cc03749c.

Authors

Dandan Chong¹, Junyan Tan, Jinlong Zhang, Yue Zhou, Xinhua Wan, Jie Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China. [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 29947368
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03749c

Abstract

Electro-responsive vesicles were demonstrated based on an amphiphilic block copolymer PEO114-b-P(DCH-Ru)n and an inorganic nanoparticle polyoxometalate H3PMo12O40 (PMo12) via electrostatic interactions. After undergoing electrochemical reactions, vesicle membranes allow the migration of electrolyte ions and release of loaded cargos.