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Nanovesicles: Vesicle‐Mediated Growth of Tubular Branches and Centimeter‐Long Microtubes from a Single Molecule (Small 15/2013)
Author(s) -
Abbas Abdennour,
Brimer Andrew,
Tian Limei,
d'Avig D. André,
Hameed Abdulrahman Shahul,
Vittal Jagadese J.,
Singamaneni Srikanth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201370084
Subject(s) - vesicle , amphiphile , disulfide bond , hydrogen bond , nanotechnology , molecule , chemistry , small molecule , amine gas treating , chemical engineering , nanostructure , biophysics , materials science , crystallography , copolymer , membrane , organic chemistry , polymer , biology , biochemistry , engineering
The spontaneous and reversible assembly of a new class of non‐amphiphilic vesicle based on p‐aminophenyl disulfide in a water/ethanol mixture is reported by S. Singamaneni and co‐workers. On page 2611 , a real‐time view of their hierarchical transition reveals the rapid growth of nanostructures into vesicles, and vesicle walk and fusion on the sides and tips of the branches, leading to the formation of centimeterlong microtubes. The process is initiated and maintained by the convergent effects of cooperative hydrogen bonding, self‐complementary primary amine groups, and the molecular nature of the solutions.