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Cover Picture: The First Account of a Structurally Persistent Micelle (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 22/2004)
Author(s) -
Kellermann Michael,
Bauer Walter,
Hirsch Andreas,
Schade Boris,
Ludwig Kai,
Böttcher Christoph
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200490066
Subject(s) - micelle , amphiphile , cover (algebra) , aqueous solution , molecule , self assembly , amphiphilic molecule , curvature , materials science , chemistry , crystallography , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , copolymer , organic chemistry , mathematics , engineering , polymer , geometry , mechanical engineering
The exceptional structure of the first reconstructed micelles is formed by the self‐assembly of amphiphilic dendrocalixarenes in aqueous solution. A. Hirsch, C. Böttcher, and co‐workers report in their Communication on page 2959 ff. that the relatively rigid T‐shaped structure of the molecule allows efficient backfolding and thus the formation of aggregates with high curvature. Structural determination of the nanocontainers permits characterization of the micellar architecture at the molecular level.