Controlling the conformation of oligocholate foldamers by surfactant micelles

The folding of the oligocholates within surfactant micelles, which is capable of controlling the conformation of the oligocholate, is studied. The results have shown that the oligocholate has preferred to fold within the small spherical sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles but has unfolded when the preference for spherical over rodlike micelles is not strong enough to overcome the tendency for the oligocholate to unfold.