Volume 37, Issue 23 pp. 3260-3262
Communication

Cross-Section Molecular Imaging of Supramolecular Microtubes with Contact Atomic Force Microscopy

Toshimi Shimizu

Toshimi Shimizu

National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1–1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8565 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 298-54-4422

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Satomi Ohnishi

Satomi Ohnishi

National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1–1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8565 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 298-54-4422

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Masaki Kogiso

Masaki Kogiso

National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1–1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8565 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 298-54-4422

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Abstract

Bent molecules, distorted layers, columnar domains, and tube membranes (shown schematically in the picture): These hierarchical layers were directly visualized by contact atomic force microscopy along the long axes of the molecules aligned within microtubes made up of bolaamphiphile 1 by self-assembly.

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