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Synthesis of the first amphiphilic pillar[6]arene and its enzyme-responsive self-assembly in water
Jun Zhou1, Ming Chen, Guowang Diao
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, Jiangsu, China. gwdiao@yzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The first amphiphilic pillar[6]arene was successfully synthesized. It can complex with adenosine triphosphate to form vesicles in water. Moreover, these vesicles are efficiently responsive to phosphatase.

