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From: Formation of non-spherical polymersomes driven by hydrophobic directional aromatic perylene interactions

Fig. 2

TEM images and proposed self-assembly pathways for the different morphologies observed. a–e TEM images. The insets in a–c are higher magnification TEM images. f–j cryo-TEM images. The insets in g–j are higher magnification cryo-TEM images and intensity plot profiles used to estimate membrane thickness of individual polymersome morphology. For clarity, an enlarged region of the same cryo-TEM image in j is shown in Supplementary Fig. 6. k–o Schematic representations of the micelle/polymersome structures formed. The black arrows in l–o indicate the direction of membrane tension. Scale bars in a–j are 100, 200, 500, 2000, 2000, 50, 100, 100, 300, and 1000 nm, respectively. Scale bars inset in a–c are 50, 100, and 100 nm, respectively

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