Abstract
Artificial vesicles can aid in the study and understanding of biological cell membranes. This study employs pnictogen bonding to actively direct the self-assembly of a true reversed bilayer. Antimony(iii) alkoxide cages that self-assemble through multiple strong Sb...O interactions propagate in two dimensions to form a reverse bilayer structure in the solid state. Long alkyl tails allow these reverse bilayers to be processed into vesicles in solution that are a reverse of biological cell membranes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8849-8852 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 64 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |