- Preparation of size tunable giant vesicles from cross-linked dextran(ethylene glycol) hydrogels.
Preparation of size tunable giant vesicles from cross-linked dextran(ethylene glycol) hydrogels.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2014-01-11)
Néstor López Mora, Jesper S Hansen, Yue Gao, Andrew A Ronald, Roxanne Kieltyka, Noah Malmstadt, Alexander Kros
PMID24407820
ABSTRACT
We present a novel chemically cross-linked dextran-poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel substrate for the preparation of dense vesicle suspensions under physiological ionic strength conditions. These vesicles can be easily diluted for individual study. Modulating the degree of cross-linking within the hydrogel network results in tuning of the vesicle size distribution.
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