Reversible Scrolling of Two-Dimensional Sheets from the Self-Assembly of Laterally Grafted Amphiphilic Rods

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) Vol. 48; no. 20; pp. 3657 - 3660
• Main Authors: Lee, Eunji, Kim, Jung-Keun, Lee, Myongsoo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley-VCH Verlag 01.01.2009; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley
• Subjects: amphiphiles; anisotropic sheets; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Cryoelectron Microscopy; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Nanostructures - chemistry; nanotubes; Physical Sciences; rod–coil assemblies; Science & Technology; self‐assembly; rod-coil assemblies; amphiphiles; BEHAVIOR; LIQUID; MEMBRANES; BLOCK-COPOLYMER MICELLES; MORPHOLOGIES; anisotropic sheets; MOLECULES; ORGANIZATION; nanotubes; self-assembly; PHASE; NANOTUBE; FLAT RIBBONS

Deep-water scrolls: It is demonstrated that amphiphilic rods containing lateral flexible chains self-assemble into two-dimensional sheets in aqueous solution (see picture). Remarkably, the sheets roll up reversibly into tubular scrolls upon heating, as confirmed by cryo-transmission electron microsc...