Upon irradiation, the photosensitizer pheophorbide-a causes dramatic morphological transitions in giant unilamellar lipid vesicles. This endocytosis-like process occurs only when the photoactive species are encapsulated in a copolymer nanocarrier and strictly depends on the chemical nature of the copolymer. Altogether, these results open up new perspectives in the field of photo-chemical internalization mediated by nanoassemblies.
Extended photo-induced endosome-like structures in giant vesicles promoted by block-copolymer nanocarriers / Montis C.; Till U.; Vicendo P.; Roux C.; Mingotaud A.-F.; Violleau F.; Demazeau M.; Berti D.; Lonetti B.. - In: NANOSCALE. - ISSN 2040-3364. - STAMPA. - 10:(2018), pp. 15442-15446. [10.1039/c8nr04355h]
Extended photo-induced endosome-like structures in giant vesicles promoted by block-copolymer nanocarriers
Montis C.;Berti D.;Lonetti B.
2018
Abstract
Upon irradiation, the photosensitizer pheophorbide-a causes dramatic morphological transitions in giant unilamellar lipid vesicles. This endocytosis-like process occurs only when the photoactive species are encapsulated in a copolymer nanocarrier and strictly depends on the chemical nature of the copolymer. Altogether, these results open up new perspectives in the field of photo-chemical internalization mediated by nanoassemblies.
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