Issue 29, 2013
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Chemical Communications

A bimolecular micelle constructed from amphiphilic pillar[5]arene molecules†

Tomoki Nishimura,a   Yusuke Sanada,a   Takuma Matsuo,a   Tadashi Okobira,b   Efstratios Mylonas,c   Naoto Yagic  and  Kazuo Sakurai*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
E-mail: sakurai@kitakyu-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81 93 695 3298

b Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Ariake National College of Technology, 150 Higashihagio, Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan

c Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), 1-1-1 Koto, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan

Abstract

An amphiphilic macrocycle based on pillar[5]arene with polar lysine head groups spontaneously self-assembles into a bimolecular micelle in water. This self-assembled structure was characterized by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), field flow fluctuation coupled with multi-angle light scattering (FFF-MALS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The self-assembly of amphiphilic pillar[5]arene into dimeric spherical micelles represents a new molecular architecture for micelle formation.

Graphical abstract: A bimolecular micelle constructed from amphiphilic pillar[5]arene molecules

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41186A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2013
Accepted
27 Feb 2013
First published
01 Mar 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 3052-3054

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A bimolecular micelle constructed from amphiphilic pillar[5]arene molecules

T. Nishimura, Y. Sanada, T. Matsuo, T. Okobira, E. Mylonas, N. Yagi and K. Sakurai, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3052 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41186A

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