An amino acid-substituted bile acid forms tubular aggregates with inner and outer diameters of about 3 and 6 nm. The diameters are unusually small for surfactant self-assembled tubes. The results enhance the spectrum of applications of supramolecular tubules and open up possibilities for investigating a novel class of biological amphiphiles.
Amino acid-bile acid based molecules: extremely narrow surfactant nanotubes formed by a phenylalanine-substituted cholic acid / Travaglini, Leana; D'Annibale, Andrea; Karin, Schillen; Ulf, Olsson; Sennato, Simona; Pavel, Nicolae Viorel; Galantini, Luciano. - In: CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 1359-7345. - STAMPA. - 48:98(2012), pp. 12011-12013. [10.1039/c2cc36030f]
Amino acid-bile acid based molecules: extremely narrow surfactant nanotubes formed by a phenylalanine-substituted cholic acid
TRAVAGLINI, Leana;D'ANNIBALE, Andrea;SENNATO, Simona;PAVEL, Nicolae Viorel;GALANTINI, Luciano
2012
Abstract
An amino acid-substituted bile acid forms tubular aggregates with inner and outer diameters of about 3 and 6 nm. The diameters are unusually small for surfactant self-assembled tubes. The results enhance the spectrum of applications of supramolecular tubules and open up possibilities for investigating a novel class of biological amphiphiles.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
