Morphogenesis of liposomes caused by polycation-induced actin assembly formation.

We investigated the effects of polycation-mediated actin assembly on the morphological transformation of the lipid vesicle membrane by spatiotemporally controlling actin assembly. By triggering the radical polymerization of the cationic monomer using UV irradiation, we achieved a varied photoinduced assembly of actin in bulk solution. Furthermore, we designed liposomes containing actin and cationic monomers.