Tetrahedron

Polymerization of supramolecular assemblies: Comparison of lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases

W Srisiri, YS Lee, TM Sisson, B Bondurant, DF O'Brien

Index: Srisiri, Warunee; Lee, Youn-Sik; Sisson, Thomas M.; Bondurant, Bruce; O'Brien, David F. Tetrahedron, 1997 , vol. 53, # 45 p. 15397 - 15414

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Abstract

Since the first reports of the polymerization of hydrated bilayers in the early 1980s, a wide variety of polymerizable groups and lipids has been successfully employed. Among the various strategies explored for the polymerization of lamellar phases, a particularly useful method relies on the design of suitable polymerizable amphiphiles, which upon hydration form assemblies that can then be polymerized with retention of structure. We have recently ...