Diacetylenic lipid tubules: experimental evidence for a chiral molecular architecture

Schnur, J. M. ; Ratna, B. R. ; Selinger, J. V. ; Singh, A. ; Jyothi, G. ; Easwaran, K. R. K. (1994) Diacetylenic lipid tubules: experimental evidence for a chiral molecular architecture Science, 264 (5161). pp. 945-947. ISSN 0036-8075

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Abstract

Molecular self-assembly is of key importance for the rational design of advanced materials. To investigate the causal relation between molecular structure and the consequent self-assembled microstructure, self-assembled tubules of diacetylenic lipids were studied. Circular-dichroism studies give experimental evidence that the formation of tubules is driven by chiral molecular packing, in agreement with recent theories of tubules. On the basis of these results, a molecular mechanism for the formation of tubules is proposed.

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