title: Lipid-membrane-incorporated hydrophobic photochromic molecules prepared by the exchange method using cyclodextrins.
abstract: It was found that the exchange method for the preparation of lipid-membrane-incorporated guest molecules was applicable not only to fullerenes but also to other hydrophobic molecules such as azobenzene and stilbene. The advantages of this method are that the long-term stability of the lipid-membrane-incorporated azobenzene solution and the maximum ratio of [stilbene]/[lipid] were higher than those prepared by the classical method, which we call the 'premixing method'. Photoisomerisations of these photochromic guest molecules in the lipid membranes maintained the morphology of liposomes.
authors: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. aikeda@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Ikeda
authors: Shodai
authors: S
authors: Hino
authors: Kengo
authors: K
authors: Ashizawa
authors: Kouta
authors: K
authors: Sugikawa
authors: Jun-Ichi
authors: J
authors: Kikuchi
authors: Manami
authors: M
authors: Tsukamoto
authors: Kazuma
authors: K
authors: Yasuhara