Adhesive Vesicles through Adaptive Response of a Biobased Surfactant

Abstract

Chemist's caviar: Stimuli-responsive fusogenic vesicles from a cardanol-taurine surfactant are reported. The thermo-responsive behavior of the unsaturations in the alkyl chains, reminiscent of homeoviscous alterations, lead to a micelle-to-vesicle transformation and to the formation of caviar-like adhesive vesicles (see photograph). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.