Forschungszentrum Jülich
Institut für Festkörperforschung

Giant Hexagonal Superstructures in Diblock Copolymer Membranes
linie570

C. K. Haluskal1, W. T. Gozdz2,4, H.-G. Dobereiner1, S. Förster3 and G. Gompper4
1
Max-Planck-Institut fur Kolloid- and Grenzflächenforschung, Am Muhlenberg 1, 14476 Golm
2Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
3Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 45, 20145 Hamburg
4Institute Theory II

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.

F&E-Nr: 23.102  

 

unten

© Forschungszentrum JülichOnline 2003
Alle Rechte vorbehalten