Chemistry Letters, Vol.45, No.6, 598-600, 2016
Generation of Catalytic Amphiphiles in a Self-reproducing Giant Vesicle
Giant vesicles capable of generating a catalytic amphiphile that promoted vesicular membrane production were prepared. The catalyst was derived from decylaniline on the vesicles and a catalytic aldehyde present outside the vesicles. Once the catalyst was generated inside the vesicular membrane, they proliferated via a peeling-off process after membrane aldehyde addition.