title: In-water truly monodisperse aggregation of gear-shaped amphiphiles based on hydrophobic surface engineering.
abstract: Exactly six gear-shaped amphiphiles self-assemble into a highly stable, water-soluble, box-shaped capsule, in which indented hydrophobic surfaces of the components mesh with each other like gears. A water-soluble, tetrahedron-shaped capsule was also constructed from four gear-shaped amphiphiles with a template guest. These findings provide a guideline for creating aggregates with a given number of amphiphiles based on hydrophobic surface engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. chiraoka@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Motoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiro
authors.forename: Mitsuhiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shionoya