Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Macroscopic Tubes.

Authors :: Van, Deyue
Zhou, Yongfeng
Hou, Jian
Source :: Science. 1/2/2004, Vol. 303 Issue 5654, p65-67. 3p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: The macroscopic molecular self-assembly of an amphiphilic hyperbranched copolymer in acetone generated multiwalled tubes millimeters in diameter and centimeters in length. The thickness of the tube walls approaches 400 nanometers, and the walls have an inhomogeneous lamella structure that alternates between ordered hydrophilic domains and amorphous, partly irregular hydrophilic domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]