Feedback-Induced Temporal Control of “Breathing” Polymersomes To Create Self-Adaptive Nanoreactors

Here we present the development of self-regulated "breathing" polymersome nanoreactors that show temporally programmable biocatalysis induced by a chemical fuel. pH-sensitive polymersomes loaded with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and urease were developed. Addition of an acidic urea solution ("fuel") endowed the polymersomes with a transient size increase and permeability enhancement, driving a temporal "ON" state of the HRP enzymatic catalysis;...