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Crystallizing Membrane Proteins for Structure Determination using Lipidic Mesophases
Published on: November 21, 2010
Preparation of membrane-mimicking lamellar structures by molecular confinement of hybrid nanocomposites
David Vrbata1, Vladimír Ďorďovič, Jani Seitsonen
1Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic. pavel.matejicek@natur.cuni.cz.
Abstract:
Hybrid nanocomposites are multiphase systems with a wide range of applications. Some nanocomposites are water insoluble thereby preventing several applications. Thus, we prepared telechelic PEO with glucose molecules to form water-soluble lamellar nanostructures by co-assembly with metallacarborane. The lamellas formed by PEO/metallacarborane decorated by glucose molecules on the surface can serve as delivery agents for boron clusters and benzoxaboroles.
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