Reversible photo-switching in a cell-sized vesicle
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A photosensitive amphiphilic molecule can switch the shape of an assembled vesicle as determined by microscopic observation. Photo-isomerization induces a change in membrane fluctuation behavior or a morphological transition between ellipsoid and bud shapes, depending on the asymmetrical degree of the initial shape. The mechanism of this reversible photo-switching in the vesicle morphology is interpreted in terms of a change in the effective cross-sectional area of the photosensitive molecule.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505179,
title = {Reversible photo-switching in a cell-sized vesicle},
author = {Tsutomu Hamada and Yuko T. Sato and Takeshi Nagasaki and Kenichi Yoshikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505179},
year = {2007}
}