Self-Assembled Nanotubes and Helical Tapes from Diacetylene Nonionic Amphiphiles. Structural Studies before and after Polymerization

A Perino, M Schmutz, S Meunier, PJ Mésini, A Wagner

Index: Perino, Aurelia; Schmutz, Marc; Meunier, Stephane; Mesini, Philippe J.; Wagner, Alain Langmuir, 2011 , vol. 27, # 19 p. 12149 - 12155

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Abstract

We synthesized new amphiphiles comprised of a single diacetylenic chain and an oligoethylenoxide polar chain linked by an amide bond. In aqueous medium, they are not soluble at room temperature but form weak gels. Electron microscopy studies have shown that they self-assemble into helical tapes or nanotubes with lengths of several micrometers, and inner and outer diameters of 50±1 and 59±1 nm, respectively. The wall has a ...