1. Polymerization of Equilibrium Vesicles
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John D. Morgan, Eric W. Kaler, and Christopher A. Johnson
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Aqueous solution ,Vesicle ,fungi ,Cationic polymerization ,food and beverages ,Solution polymerization ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Microstructure ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Monomer ,chemistry ,Pulmonary surfactant ,Polymerization ,Polymer chemistry ,Electrochemistry ,General Materials Science ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
Spontaneous vesicles form in aqueous solutions of mixtures of cationic and anionic surfactants. Here we report that vesicles are also found in systems containing a polymerizable monomer as a fourth component and that these vesicles can be polymerized with retention of the equilibrium structure. This is a convenient and versatile approach in which the vesicle architecture can be controlled by equilibrium surfactant self- assembly prior to polymerization, while the microstructure of the spherical polymer network can be controlled by the choice of monomer and degree of cross-linking.
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- 1997
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