Breathing Polymersomes: CO₂‐Tuning Membrane Permeability for Size‐Selective Release, Separation, and Reaction

Abstract

Take a deep breath: The membrane permeability and the scale of membrane nanochannels of polymer vesicles are modulated by CO2 control of vesicular expansion and contraction. These polymersomes can act as size-selective nanoseparators for particle sieving and as nanoreactors for enzymatic reactions that require compartmentalization. GSH=glutathione.