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

Tomoki Nishimura; Yusuke Sanada; Takuma Matsuo; Tadashi Okobira; Efstratios Mylonas; Naoto Yagi; Kazuo Sakurai

doi:10.1039/c3cc41186a

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

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Apr 14;49(29):3052-4. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41186a.

Authors

Tomoki Nishimura¹, Yusuke Sanada, Takuma Matsuo, Tadashi Okobira, Efstratios Mylonas, Naoto Yagi, Kazuo Sakurai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 23467664
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41186a

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.