title: Water-supported organized structures based on wedge-shaped amphiphilic derivatives of dipyrrolyldiketone boron complexes.
abstract: Wedge-shaped amphiphilic derivatives of 1,3-dipyrrolyl-1,3-propanedione boron complexes, with one or no aliphatic chains attached at one aryl moiety and three hydrophilic chains at the other, exhibited formation of assembled structures in aqueous solutions. UV/vis, fluorescence and DLS analyses suggested that the wedge-shaped amphiphiles exist in assembled modes in the solution state, and TEM measurements revealed that a balance of hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties in the amphiphiles is crucial for the formation of organized structures in aqueous solutions as evidenced by the formation of spherical and cylindrical micelles.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, 525-8577, Japan. maedahir@ph.ritsumei.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Nazuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eifuku
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haketa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Eunji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myongsoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron / Q000737:chemistry*; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D008823:Micelles; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D008823:Micelles; D014867:Water; D001895:Boron