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Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules in Droplet Compartments: An Approach Toward Discrete Submicrometer-Sized One-Dimensional Structures†

  1. Prof. Munenori Numata1,*,
  2. Daiki Kinoshita1,
  3. Nobuko Taniguchi1,
  4. Prof. Hitoshi Tamiaki2,
  5. Prof. Akio Ohta3

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106632

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 51, Issue 8, pages 1844–1848, February 20, 2012

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Numata, M., Kinoshita, D., Taniguchi, N., Tamiaki, H. and Ohta, A. (2012), Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules in Droplet Compartments: An Approach Toward Discrete Submicrometer-Sized One-Dimensional Structures. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 1844–1848. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106632

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522 (Japan)

  2. 2

    Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577 (Japan)

  3. 3

    School of Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192 (Japan)

*Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522 (Japan)

  1. †

    We thank the “Kyoto-Advanced Nanotechnology Network” from MEXT (Japan) for TEM observations. We also thank Mr. K. Kiguchi and Prof. A. Ikeda for kindly supporting our TEM observations. This study was partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (grant number 22310069) and Exploratory Research (grant number 23651118).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 9 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 SEP 2011

Funded by

  • Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B). Grant Number: 22310069
  • Exploratory Research. Grant Number: 23651118

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Keywords:

  • droplets;
  • nanotubes;
  • non-equilibrium conditions;
  • self-assembly;
  • supramolecular chemistry
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Self-assembly in a droplet: A supramolecular system that governs self-assembly events over hierarchies from the nano- to the micrometer range has been developed by combining a bottom-up strategy based on molecular programming with top-down droplet microscience. Discrete 1D tubular structures were created by exploiting the compartment effect of the droplet, induced during dynamic shrinking under non-equilibrium conditions (see picture).

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