COLL 182 |
| Motonari Shibakami, Kazuhiro Miyawaki, and Rie Goto. Institute for Materials and Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 5th, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8565, Japan |
| The self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules into nanostructures has been the subject of intense study in recent years, both for basic research and for potential applications in areas ranging from controlled release to electroactive composites. Our own efforts in this area are based on the hypothesis that macrocyclic lipids that mimic archaeal membrane lipids, referred to as gcyclobolaphilesh, should be a potential component of nanostructures. The structural features of these lipids include (i) a cyclic framework, (ii) two diacetylenic units, and (iii) four ether (amide) bonds as a linkage between hydrophobic and hydrophilic units. We found that such amphiphiles self-assembled into various nanostructures including sphere, tubule, sheet, and ribbon. Specifically, we show elasticity of tubules based on the SPM observation. Design, synthesis, and self-assembly of pseude-cyclobolaphile is also reported. |
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Posters: Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Disneyland -- North Exhibit Hall, Poster
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |