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Structural changes in liquid crystal polymer vesicl es induced by
temperature variation and magnetic fields
Sabrina Hocine,1,2,3 Annie Brûlet,4 Lin Jia,1,2,3 Jing Yang,1,2,3 # Aurélie Di Cicco1,2,3,
Laurent Bouteiller3,5 and Min-Hui Li1,2,3 *
1 Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Paris, F-75248 France;
2 CNRS, UMR168, Physico-Chimie Curie, Paris, F-75248 France ;
3 UPMC Université Paris VI, Paris, F-75005 France ;
4 Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, UMR12 CEA-CNRS, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, F-91191
France ;
5 CNRS, UMR 7610, Chimie des Polymères, F-75005 Paris, France.
*Corresponding author: Tel.: 33-1-56246763: Fax: 33-1-40510636; email: [email protected]
# Present address:
College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical and Technology,
Beijing 100029, China.
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T (°C)
2nd heating
1st heating
1st cooling
3rd heating
4th heating
2nd cooling
3rd cooling
4th cooling
High sensitivity DSC cycles for PEG-b-PA444 (I-3)
84.8°C
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High sensitivity DSC cycles PEG-b-PMAazo444 (II-3)
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T(°C)
1st heating
2nd heating
3rd heating
4th heating
1st cooling
2nd cooling
3rd cooling
4th cooling
79.4°C
Figure SI-1 : Raw high sensitivity DSC thermograms of the polymersomes solutions formed
with PEG-b-PA444 (I-3) and PEG-b-PMAazo444 (II-3) copolymers. The four heating and
cooling traces have been shifted for clarity.
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Figure SI-2. Cryo-TEM images of PEG-b-PMAazo444 (II-3) copolymer vesicles heated to 55-
60°C during around ten hours. Scale: 100 nm. Thickn ess of membrane is 40-50 nm.
I(Q
) (
a.u
.)
Q (Å-1).003 .03
Figure SI-3. SANS I(q) curves parallel and perpendicular to the applied field of 1.4T for
sample II-3 at 68°C. In the inset, the scattering p attern observed at low Q range showing no
anisotropy.
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