How Self-Assembled Nanodomains Can Impact the Organization of a Phospholipid Monolayer-Flower-Like Arrays |
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| Authors: | Dr Hiromichi Nakahara Dr Marie Pierre Krafft Prof Osamu Shibata |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Daiichi University of Pharmacy, 22-1 Tamagawa-cho, Minami-ku Fukuoka, 815-8511 Japan;2. Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, 67034 Strasbourg, France;3. Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch, Sasebo, Nagasaki, 859-3298 Japan |
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| Abstract: | We found that monolayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and semi-fluorinated tetrablock di(F10H16) self-assemble to form a new type of large, complex flower-like patterns on the surface of water and on solid substrates. The hierarchical organization of these unusual self-assemblies was investigated using compression and surface potential isotherms, in situ fluorescence and Brewster angle microscopies, and atomic force microscopy after transfer. |
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| Keywords: | fluorinated alkanes monolayers nanodomain organization phospholipids self-assembled domains |
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