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Multilayer structure of an unsymmetrical monolayer lipid membrane with a 'head-to-tail' interface
1Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Abstract:
A synthetic unsymmetrical 1-galactosamide bolaamphiphile self-assembles in methanol to form a multilayer structure comprising unsymmetrical monolayer lipid membranes linked via a sugar-carboxylic acid H-bonding interface.