Polymers nanoreactors

Fig. 16 a-d Schematic representation of polymer nanoreactors, a Cross section of triblock copolymer vesicle, b Polymersome with encapsulated enzyme and membrane-embedded channel protein. In the case described in the text, the substrate entering the vesicle is ampicillin, and the product of the hydrolysis is ampicillinoic acid, c Polymersome with embedded ionophores allowing Ca2+ ions to enter the vesicle ere they react with phosphate ions to form calcium phosphate crystals, d The LamB protein serves as a receptor to the 1 phage virus which can inject its DNA through the channel into the polymersome [259]. Reproduced with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry... 

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The advantageous properties of polymer nanoreactors in terms of payload protection and stability make them feasible for lowering the toxicity of contrast agents, the side effects of drugs, and their uncontrolled systemic distribution. These have led to novel developments of nanoreactor applications either in the blood stream or by mimicking cell organelles [4,8,9,46,57],... 

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