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8595832 
Journal Article 
Thermosensitive molecular assemblies from poly(amidoamine) dendron-based lipids 
Kono, K; Murakami, E; Hiranaka, Y; Yuba, E; Kojima, C; Harada, A; Sakurai, K 
2011 
Yes 
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
ISSN: 1433-7851
EISSN: 1521-3773 
50 
28 
6332-6336 
English 
The heat is on: Vesicles formed from poly(amidoamine) dendron-based lipids with terminal isobutyramide (IBAM) groups undergo a temperature-dependent structural transition through a change in hydration of the vesicle surface. The vesicles are stable at low temperature, but form aggregates above a specific temperature and transform to inverted rodlike micelles or fused vesicles (see picture; G2/G3=second/third generation). Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. 
dendrimers; lipids; micelles; thermosensitivity; vesicles