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Transforming spherical block polyelectrolyte micelles into free-suspending films via DNA complexation-induced structural anisotropy

Source: Chem. Commun. 46, 6135 (2010); doi:10.1039/c0cc00902d

Issue Date: 30 August 2010

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ISSN:
1553-9644 (online)
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Cong Liu
The Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. chendy@fudan.edu.cn

Kaka Zhang


Daoyong Chen


Ming Jiang


Shiyong Liu

The deliberately prepared one ssDNA/one micelle complex has an unstable toroidal DNA-bound region and stable upper and lower hemispheres, and thus can self-assemble along the plane of the unstable toroidal region into free-suspending films. ©2010
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