3D continuous water nanosheet as a gyroid minimal surface formed by bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline zwitterions.
Co-organization of amphiphilic zwitterions and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide led to the formation of bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline structures having 3D continuous hydrophilic gyroid minimal surface. The gyroid surface, incorporating a small amount of water, provided extremely thin but macroscopically continuous water nanosheet with a thickness of approximately 5 Å. The water nanosheet functioned as alignment free proton conduction pathway.
Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
Takahiro
T
Ichikawa
Takashi
T
Kato
Hiroyuki
H
Ohno
D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007477:Ions; D049329:Nanostructures; D044367:Phase Transition; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D007477:Ions; D014867:Water