Dewetting instability during the formation of polymersomes from block-copolymer-stabilized double emulsions

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作者
Hayward, RC
Utada, AS
Dan, N
Weitz, DA [1 ]
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[1] Harvard Univ, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Drexel Univ, Dept Chem & Biol Engn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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10.1021/la060094b
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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We investigate the formation of polymer vesicles, or polymersomes, of polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymers using double emulsion droplets of controlled architecture as templates. To engineer the structure of the polymersomes, it is important to consider the concentration of diblock copolymer in the middle phase of the double emulsion. We describe how the presence of excess polymer can induce a transition from complete wetting to partial wetting of the middle phase, resulting in polymer shells with inhomogeneous thicknesses.
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