Selective vesicle formation from calixarenes by self-assembly

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 504-506

  Tanaka, Yasutaka ^a   Miyachi, Masami ^a   Kobuke, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Hydrogen bonds; Self assembly; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; CALIXARENE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033557817     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990215)38:4<504::AID-ANIE504>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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