Formation of giant polymer vesicles by simple double emulsification using block copolymers as the sole surfactant
Open Access
- 23 March 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 17 (19) , 4942-4948
Abstract
Giant polymer vesicles are obtained from double emulsion droplets stabilized by low molecular weight block copolymers. The method is based on a simple two-step emulsification, with no additional surfactant required other than the copolymer.Keywords
Funding Information
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MaxSynBio consortium)
- Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (MaxSynBio consortium)
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