An open-air strategy via enzyme-assisted photoinitiated polymerization-induced self-assembly (photo-PISA) in water is developed for preparing cross-linked CO2-responsive vesicles at high solids contents.
A series of well-defined all-acrylic poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate)-poly(isobornyl acrylate) (PHEA-PIBOA) diblock copolymer nano-objects were prepared by photoinitiated polymerization-induced self-assembly (photo-PISA).