Self-assembled aggregates and molecular bilayer films of a double-chain fullerene lipid: Structure and electrochemistry
Self-assembled aggregates and molecular bilayer films of a double-chain fullerene lipid: Structure and electrochemistry
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DOI:
10.1002/asia.200600229
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发表时间:
2006-12-01
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4.1
通讯作者:
Nakashima, Naotoshi
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作者:
Murakami, Hiroto;Nakanishi, Takashi;Nakashima, Naotoshi
The self-aggregation behavior of C-60, fullerenes that bear two octadecyl chains (lipid 1) as well as the structures and electrochemical properties of cast films of 1 are described. We also examined the self-aggregation behavior in organic solvents of three previously reported compounds: C-60 with three each of hexadecyl (lipid 2), tetradecyl (lipid 3), or dodecyl (lipid 4) chains. The fullerene lipids in alcohols spontaneously formed spherical aggregates, whose diameters are related to the alkyl-chain lengths, concentrations of the fullerene lipids, and the solvent a polarity. The morphologies of the aggregates showed temperature dependence. Cast films of 1 formed multimolecular bilayer structures that undergo a phase transition typical of lipid bilayer membranes. The electrochemistry of cast films of 1 on an electrode in aqueous medium exhibits temperature dependence.