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Electrostatically assembled colloidosomes are promising hollow carriers for the encapsulation and release of large cargos on demand. In their Communication (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501615), N. Khashab et al. describe nanoscaled colloido- somes that are composed of oppositely charged organosilica nanoparticles (NPs). Upon light irradiation, a photoreaction of the organosilica NPs can reverse the charges of the NPs, and thus disassemble the capsules to allow for the light- triggered release of the payload.

2015, Angew Chem, COVER

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Electrostatically assembled colloidosomes are promising hollow carriers for theencapsulation and release of large cargos on demand. In their Communication(DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501615), N. Khashab et al. describe nanoscaled colloido-somes that are composed of oppositely charged organosilica nanoparticles (NPs).Upon light irradiation, a photoreaction of the organosilica NPs can reverse thecharges of the NPs, and thus disassemble the capsules to allow for the light-triggered release of the payload.