title: Induction of bicontinuous cubic liquid-crystalline assemblies for polymerizable amphiphiles via tailor-made design of ionic liquids.
abstract: The lyotropic liquid-crystalline behavior of polymerizable amphiphiles has been tuned by using tailor-made ionic liquids as solvents so as to induce the formation of bicontinuous cubic assemblies having 3D interconnected nanochannels. The fixation of the amphiphilic assemblies has been successfully achieved by in situ photopolymerization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp and Functional IL Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp and Functional IL Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan and PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshio
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan. t-ichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp ohnoh@cc.tuat.ac.jp and Functional IL Laboratories, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohno