Organic Nanotube with Subnanometer Inner Diameter Self-assembled from Carboxybetaine Bipolar Amphiphile and Its Stabilization Effect toward Small Molecules.

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Title:	Organic Nanotube with Subnanometer Inner Diameter Self-assembled from Carboxybetaine Bipolar Amphiphile and Its Stabilization Effect toward Small Molecules.
Authors:	Wuxiao Ding, Momoyo Wada, Hiroyuki Minamikawa, Mitsutoshi Masuda
Source:	Chemistry Letters; 10/5/2016, Vol. 45 Issue 10, p1180-1182, 3p
Abstract:	A new carboxybetaine-based wedge-shaped bipolar amphiphile is synthesized for self-assembly into an organic nanotube (ONT) at pH 3.0, showing a small inner diameter (<1 nm). The subnanometer nanospace of ONT shows confinement effect, which stabilizes encapsulated small molecules. It shows a better effect than cyclodextrin in the protection of methylene blue from the reduction by glutathione. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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