Microfluidic fabrication of polymersomes enclosing an active Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction: Effect on their stability of solute concentrations in the external media

PISA: construction of self-organized and self-assembled functional vesicular structures

“…Such structures are termed giant vesicles (GVs) or giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). 62 GVs have been produced by conventional BCP self-assembly protocols 63,64 and PISA can also be applied to the formation of such structures. Yoshida published early examples of giant vesicles in a series of reports ( Fig.…”

Microfluidic technologies for the synthesis and manipulation of biomimetic membranous nano-assemblies

“…23,[112][113][114] Some effort has gone into microfluidic polymersome generation at the mm scale, most notably droplet-templated methods that rely on an off-chip solvent evaporation step to induce selfassembly. 115,116 However, as with lipid systems, droplet microfluidic production methods are not so easily transferred to the nano-scale. Continuous flow microfluidics have been used instead, specifically hydrodynamic focusing regimes.…”

Research progress in self-oscillating polymer brushes

“…[45][46][47] Various self-oscillating polymers were largely reported, covering articial muscle, 48 self-oscillating cilia, 49 self-propelling gel, 50 self-jumping micro pump 51 and other types. [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] Self-oscillating polymer brushes, featuring the coupling between self-oscillating reaction and polymer brush, could oscillate independently and alter surface properties without external stimuli. Thus, the functional surface of self-oscillating polymer brushes could be more 'smart' compared with other types of polymer brushes, retaining signicant strengths in large-scale transportation and control and providing a new direction for advancing the latest intelligent bionic materials.…”