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Self‐Assembly of Unprecedented Swollen Multilamellar Twisted Ribbons from a Racemic Hydroxy Fatty Acid
Author(s) -
Douliez JeanPaul,
Navailles Laurence,
Nallet Frédéric,
Gaillard Cédric
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200700682
Subject(s) - self assembly , chemistry , fatty acid , racemic mixture , crystallography , stereochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , enantiomer , chemical engineering , engineering
Do the twist : Twisted ribbons are formed by the hexanolamine salt of a racemic mixture of 12‐hydroxystearic acid (structure in figure) in aqueous solution upon aging at room or colder temperature. Tubes unfold to produce right‐ and left‐twisted ribbons, which consist of three bilayers of fatty acid membrane each separated by a thick layer of water (see image).