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Forschungszentrum Jülich Institut für Festkörperforschung
Giant Hexagonal Superstructures in Diblock Copolymer Membranes
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C. K. Haluskal1, W. T. Gozdz2,4, H.-G.
Dobereiner1, S. Förster3 and G. Gompper4 We have observed polymersomes of high genus with
their vesicle wall organized on the micrometer scale either in a
double bilayer connected by a lattice of passages or a tubular network
with hexagonal symmetry. Experimentally found shape classes are
identified within a theoretical phase diagram based on the bending
energy of the polymer membrane. Pronounced morphological changes
could be induced and controlled by temperature. |
