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Self‐Assembled Vesicles from an Amphiphilic ortho ‐Phenylene Ethynylene Macrocycle
Author(s) -
Seo Sang Hyuk,
Chang Ji Young,
Tew Gregory N.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200600688
Subject(s) - vesicle , amphiphile , self assembly , ethylene oxide , phenylene , transmission electron microscopy , chloroform , side chain , chemistry , crystallography , polymer chemistry , copolymer , materials science , nanotechnology , membrane , organic chemistry , polymer , biochemistry
A triangular macrocycle based on ortho ‐phenylene ethynylene with polar ethylene oxide side chains spontaneously self‐assembles into vesicles upon exposure of solutions in chloroform to water. These self‐assembled structures were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The self‐assembly of disklike macrocycles into spherical vesicles represents a new molecular architecture for vesicle formation.