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Recent trends in the tuning of polymersomes’ membrane properties

The European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics, 2011-02, Vol.34 (2), p.14-14, Article 14 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Recent trends in the tuning of polymersomes’ membrane properties
Author: Le Meins, J. -F. ; Sandre, O. ; Lecommandoux, S.
Subjects: Applied sciences ; Biological and Medical Physics ; Biomimetic Materials - chemistry ; Biophysics ; Chemical Sciences ; Colloquium ; Complex Fluids and Microfluidics ; Complex Systems ; Exact sciences and technology ; Mechanical Phenomena ; Membranes, Artificial ; Nanotechnology ; Organic polymers ; Permeability ; Physicochemistry of polymers ; Physics ; Physics and Astronomy ; Polymer Sciences ; Polymers ; Properties and characterization ; Proteins - chemistry ; Soft and Granular Matter ; Solution and gel properties ; Surfaces and Interfaces ; Thermodynamics ; Thin Films
Is Part Of: The European physical journal. E, Soft matter and biological physics, 2011-02, Vol.34 (2), p.14-14, Article 14
Description: . “Polymersomes” are vesicular structures made from the self-assembly of block copolymers. Such structures present outstanding interest for different applications such as micro- or nano-reactor, drug release or can simply be used as tool for understanding basic biological mechanisms. The use of polymersomes in such applications is strongly related to the way their membrane properties are controlled and tuned either by a precise molecular design of the constituting block or by addition of specific components inside the membrane (formulation approaches). Typical membrane properties of polymersomes obtained from the self-assembly of “coil coil” block copolymer since the end of the nineties will be first briefly reviewed and compared to those of their lipidic analogues, named liposomes. Therefore the different approaches able to modulate their permeability, mechanical properties or ability to release loaded drugs, using macromolecular engineering or formulations, are detailed. To conclude, the most recent advances to modulate the polymersomes’ properties and systems that appear very promising especially for biomedical application or for the development of complex and bio-mimetic structures are presented.
Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1292-8941
EISSN: 1292-895X
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2011-11014-y
PMID: 21337017
Source: Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) (Open Access)
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