Use of weakly cationic dendritic glycopolymer for morphological transformation of phospholipid vesicles into tube-like networks

Abstract

Using cationic polyelectrolytes with different molecular architectures, only hyperbranched poly(ethyleneimine) with maltose shell is suited to tailor the morphological transformation of anionic vesicles into tube-like networks. The interaction features of those materials partly mimic biological features of tubular proteins in nature.