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Nanostructural diversity: self-assembly of isomeric pyrene-cholane amphiphiles into sheets, tubes, and worm-like
Edouard Ehret1, Ioan Iacovache2, Simon M Langenegger1
1Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland robert.haener@unibe.ch https://www.haener.dcbp.unibe.ch/.
RSC Advances
|October 7, 2024
Abstract:
Phosphodiester-linked cholane-pyrene-cholane trimers self-assemble into sheet-, tube- and worm-like nanostructures in aqueous conditions. The nanotubes and worm-like assemblies exist as single- or multi-walled objects.

