2004 journal article

Redox-active organometallic vesicles: Aqueous self-assembly of a diblock copolymer with a hydrophilic polyferrocenylsilane polyelectrolyte block

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 43(10), 1260–1264.

By: K. Power-Billard*, R. Spontak n  & I. Manners *

co-author countries: Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
author keywords: block copolymers; liposomes; nanostructures; ring-opening polymerization; self-assembly
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Added: August 6, 2018

A water-soluble poly(dimethylsiloxane-b-ferrocenylsilane) diblock copolymer containing a hydrophilic cationic polyferrocene block, which is formed in a self-assembly process, yields redox-active vesicles with a diameter of approximately 85 nm (see figure) in which the organometallic block is located on both the outside and the inside of the formed aggregates.