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Self-Assembly and Subsequent Accumulation of Lipid Nanotubes at Oil/Water Interfaces

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We utilized oil/water interfaces as a new field to produce lipid nanotubes (LNTs), which are formed by the self-assembly of lipid molecules, and possess hollow nanometer-wide cylindrical structures. Compared to the self-assembling field in bulk water, oil/water interfaces produced shorter lipids nanotubes less than 10 pm long more efficiently. In addition, we found that the oil/water interface accumulates lipid nanotubes spontaneously. This methodology is favorable to fabricate LNTs as new nano-fluidic devices, or sensors that require accumulation and alignment in two dimensions.

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  1. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 1 Centra l4-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan

    Hiroharu Yui, Shoko Kamiya & Toshimi Shimizu

  2. Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5-603 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan

    Hiroharu Yui, Daisuke Sawada & Tsuguo Sawada

  3. Nanoarchitectonics Research Center (NARC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 1 Centra l5-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan

    Toshimi Shimizu

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Yui, H., Sawada, D., Kamiya, S. et al. Self-Assembly and Subsequent Accumulation of Lipid Nanotubes at Oil/Water Interfaces. ANAL. SCI. 20, 1549–1552 (2004). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.20.1549

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