Propiedades auto-organizadoras de los glicolípidos sintéticos naturales y relacionados

Fabienne Dumoulin1, Dominique Lafont, Paul Boullanger

  • 1Universite Lyon 1, Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, 43 Bd du11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.

Resumen

Este estudio explora los cerebrosidos y los glucolipidos sintéticos, revelando sus propiedades de autoorganización y comportamientos cristalinos líquidos. Estas moléculas forman mesofasas columnares, con distintas disposiciones estructurales en los estados seco versus húmedo.

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