Higher-Order Synthesis of Organoclay Pipes Using Self-Assembled Lipid Templates

✍ Scribed by A.J. Patil; E. Muthusamy; A.M. Seddon; S. Mann

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200305426

✦ Synopsis

The template‐directed synthesis of helical ribbons and cylindrical micropipes (see Figure) of organically functionalized magnesium phyllosilicate clay is achieved by high fidelity decoration of self‐assembled phospholipid tubules. The replicas are produced by electrostatic interactions between the positively charged organoclay precursors and charged lipid headgroups exposed on the surfaces of the organic template.