Issue 11, 2011
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Nanoscale

First self-assembly study of betulinic acid, a renewable nano-sized, 6-6-6-6-5 pentacyclic monohydroxy triterpenic acid†

Braja Gopal Bag*a  and  Shib Shankar Dasha  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India
E-mail: braja@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
Fax: +91 3222 275297

Abstract

Self-assembly of betulinic acid, a renewable nano-sized 6-6-6-6-5 pentacyclic triterpenic acid studied in twenty two organic liquids and alcohol–water mixtures showed that it self-assembled in all the liquids studied affording strong gels in nineteen organic liquids and also in alcohol–water mixtures. Optical and electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy studies revealed fibrillar networks having fibers of nano- to micro-metre cross sections and micrometre lengths.

Graphical abstract: First self-assembly study of betulinic acid, a renewable nano-sized, 6-6-6-6-5 pentacyclic monohydroxy triterpenic acid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1NR10886G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Jul 2011
Accepted
05 Sep 2011
First published
23 Sep 2011

Nanoscale, 2011,3, 4564-4566

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First self-assembly study of betulinic acid, a renewable nano-sized, 6-6-6-6-5 pentacyclic monohydroxy triterpenic acid

B. G. Bag and S. S. Dash, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 4564 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10886G

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