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Self-assembled organic nanotubes through instant gelation and universal capacity for guest molecule encapsulation
Hai Cao1, Pengfei Duan, Xuefeng Zhu
1Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China.
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|March 27, 2012
Abstract:
Loyal gelling: a C(3) symmetrical L-glutamic acid based gelator was found to instantly form hexagonal nanotubes through anti-solvent gelation in a wide range of mixed solvents at room temperature. Guest molecules, including simple dyes and biological macromolecules, could be entrapped in the nanotubes. This method provides a general and efficient way for the encapsulation of guest compounds in organic nanotubes.
