Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.12, 1146-1147, 2003
Effective shortening in length of glycolipid nanotubes with high axial ratios
A novel glycolipid, N-(11-cis-octadecenoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosylamine self-assembles in water to provide monodispersed and well-defined glycolipid nanotubes (LNTs) with a high-axial-ratio structure. Mechanical stirring of the LNT suspension proved to convert the obtained long LNTs into short ones (<10 mum) in length, depending on the feature of hydrogen bond network in the LNTs.