Supramolecular Assembly and Reversible Transition and of Chitosan Fluorescent Micelles by Noncovalent Modulation

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(a) The average hydrodynamic diameters and zeta potential of micelles as a function of [NH₃⁺]/[COO^-] ratio upon mixing WCS and TPE-(N-COOH)₄ at . (b) FT-IR spectra of WCS, TPE-(N-COOH)₄, and PIC micelles. (c) Typical SEM and (d) TEM images of the micelles with charge ratio (+/-) of 1.0.

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