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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 6(56), p. 1566-1570, 2017
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 6(129), p. 1588-1592
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Polymersome Popping by Light-Induced Osmotic Shock under Temporal, Spatial, and Spectral Control
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Louis Beauté,
Arnaud Tron,
Ruben Rust,
Sébastien Lecommandoux ,
Nathan D. McClenaghan ,
Olivier Sandre
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Abstract
The light-triggered, programmable rupture of cellsized vesicles is described, with particular emphasis on selfassembled polymersome capsules. The mechanism involves a hypotonic osmotic imbalance created by the accumulation of photogenerated species inside the lumen, which cannot be compensated owing to the low water permeability of the membrane. This simple and versatile mechanism can be adapted to a wealth of hydrosoluble molecules, which are either able to generate reactive oxygen species or undergo photocleavage. Ultimately, in a multi-compartmentalized and cell-like system, the possibility to selectively burst polymersomes with high specificity and temporal precision and to consequently deliver small encapsulated vesicles (both polymersomes and liposomes) is demonstrated.