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Self‐Assembled Monodisperse Steroid Nanotubes in Water
Author(s) -
Terech P.,
de Geyer A.,
Struth B.,
Talmon Y.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20020404)14:7<495::aid-adma495>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - dispersity , materials science , aqueous solution , steroid , derivative (finance) , nanotechnology , self assembly , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , biochemistry , hormone , engineering , financial economics , economics
Tubular structures of an elementary bile steroid derivative (see Figure and front cover) can be obtained in dilute aqueous suspensions. They exhibit quite monodisperse cross sections (52 nm diameter) with a large inner cylindrical cavity of 49 nm diameter. The tubules can be easily oriented, which is a promising property for the synthesis of bulk oriented materials.