Hyperextended amphiphiles. Bilayer formation from single-tailed compounds

FM Menger, Y Yamasaki

Index: Menger; Yamasaki Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 9 p. 3840 - 3841

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Abstract

Bilayers are most often composed of amphiphiles that possess two aliphatic chains. Recent reports have shown, however, that bilayers are also formed from single-tailed amphiphiles when two different types, one cationic and one anionic, are Presumably, ion-pairing between the components simulates the “double-tailed condition”. We now report that bilayer structures can be prepared with a pure, unmixed amphiphile having but one aliphatic ...