Chemistry and physics of lipids

Formation of gel and fibrous microstructures by 1-alkyne amphiphiles bearing l-serine headgroup in organic solvents

KG Ragunathan, S Bhattacharya

Index: Ragunathan, Kaliappa G.; Bhattacharya, Santanu Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 1995 , vol. 77, # 1 p. 13 - 23

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Abstract

The study of amphiphiles that form non-spheroidal, and other assemblies, upon solvation is the key to understanding the: relationship between molecular structure and supramolecular morphology. With this aim in mind, we have employed L-serine and L-histidine derivatives that are linked via amide bond to hydrophobic chain. L-Serine amphiphiles form gels in CHCl3, CH2cl2 and CCI, Microscopic examinations of these gels reveal the coexistence ...