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Selective Construction of Supramolecular Nanotube Hosts with Cationic Inner Surfaces
Author(s) -
Kameta N.,
Masuda M.,
Minamikawa H.,
Goutev N. V.,
Rim J. A.,
Jung J. H.,
Shimizu T.
Publication year - 2005
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/adma.200501092
Subject(s) - cationic polymerization , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , nanotube , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , self assembly , chemical engineering , carbon nanotube , molecule , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
Self‐assembly of an unsymmetrical bolaamphiphile produces either lipid nanotubes with cationic inner surfaces or nanotapes, depending on the initial molecular packing, which in turn depends on the solvent conditions. The nanotubes have different inner and outer surfaces, covered with amino and sugar functionalities, respectively, and effectively encapsulate anionic nanomaterials in the hollow cylinder without depending on capillary action (see Figure).
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