Thermally-induced lateral assembly of a PEG-containing amphiphile triggering vesicle budding

A macrocyclic amphiphile consisting of a thermo-responsive octaethylene glycol chain with hydrophobic aromatic and aliphatic units undergoes lateral self-assembly in a liquid-disordered-state phospholipid bilayer membrane upon heating, which further leads to vesicle budding.

Bioinspired multi-block molecules

Elaborately designed synthetic multiblock molecules and copolymers are able to undergo folding like biological macromolecules and form controlled and compartmentalized self-assemblies that exert characteristic functions in solution, the crystalline state, and membranous media.