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Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6070-6126
AccessType
Open Access Dissertation
Document Type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Physics
Year Degree Awarded
2021
Month Degree Awarded
September
First Advisor
Anthony Dinsmore
Subject Categories
Condensed Matter Physics | Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Abstract
This thesis shows how controlling adhesive interactions among lipid bilayer vesicles and surrounding polymers or particles leads to formation of new mesoscopic and macroscopic structures. The vesicle-gel reported could find application as a closed-cell, 99% water solid platform for releasing cargo in response to a stimulus, either by tuning membrane permeability or by disruption of the vesicles.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/24527549
Recommended Citation
Cao, Rui, "AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LIPID-MEMBRANE BASED STRUCTURE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A RESPONSIVE SYSTEM" (2021). Doctoral Dissertations. 2285.
https://doi.org/10.7275/24527549
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/2285
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