Formation of vesicles with an organometallic amphiphile bilayer by supramolecular arrangement of metal carbonyl metallosurfactants

Elisabet Parera; Francesc Comelles; Ramon Barnadas; Joan Suades

doi:10.1039/c0cc05493c

Formation of vesicles with an organometallic amphiphile bilayer by supramolecular arrangement of metal carbonyl metallosurfactants

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 21;47(15):4460-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05493c. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

Authors

Elisabet Parera¹, Francesc Comelles, Ramon Barnadas, Joan Suades

Affiliation

¹ Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici C, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.

PMID: 21387052
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05493c

Abstract

Metallo-vesicles are formed in water medium as a result of the supramolecular arrangement of molybdenum carbonyl metallosurfactants. These new kind of surfactants contain a hydrophobic metal carbonyl fragment and are easily prepared from surfactant phosphine ligands.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions*
Membranes, Artificial*
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Surface Tension
Surface-Active Agents / chemistry*

Substances

Membranes, Artificial
Organometallic Compounds
Surface-Active Agents