Light-Switchable Membrane Permeability in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

• Main Authors: Paola Albanese (Author), Simone Cataldini (Author), Chloe Z.-J. Ren (Author), Nadia Valletti (Author), Jlenia Brunetti (Author), Jack L.-Y. Chen (Author), Federico Rossi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

In this work, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) were synthesized by blending the natural phospholipid 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-<i>sn</i>-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) with a photoswitchable amphiphile (<b>1</b>) that undergoes photoisomerization upon irradiation with UV-A (<...