作者：Lipeng He, Shuai Bi, Hui Wang, Baochun Ma, Weisheng Liu, and Weifeng Bu
關鍵字：Vesicle Fusion, Metallosupramolecular Brush, Sovlent Quality
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Langmuir 2012, 28, 14164?14171
發表時間：2012年
The electrostatic combination of a cationic metallosupramolecular polyelectrolyte (Fe-MSP) with sulfonate-terminated polymers leads to the formation of metallosupramolecular brushes (MSBs). The resulting MSBs can self-assemble into vesicular structures in chloroform/methanol (v/v = 1:1) mixture solvents. The rigid-rod Fe-MSP chain has to bend for the formation of the vesicles, which accompanies the presence of a lateral tension and thus induces a spontaneous vesicle fusion with an hour-scale fusion time. For this much longer fusion process, the arrow-like protrusion, stalk-like intermediate, and hemifusion diaphragm are clearly observed by transmission electron microscopy. The complete fusion into larger vesicles significantly releases the lateral tension.