Abstract
Researchers report the synthesis of a new archaea-inspired tetraether lipid and study the mechanical elastic properties of membranes made from this bolalipid. To access structural diversity in the hydrophobic moiety of the lipids and to tune membrane properties, they have used used Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition strategy to design and synthesize a tetraether lipid incorporating phytanyl side chains and polar 1,4 triazole rings known to change lipid packing. The researchers demonstrate the first example of the synthesis of phytanyl side chain incorporated tetraether lipids with 1,4-triazole rings. They also confirm the ability of lipids incorporating 1,4-triazole rings to form stable small and giant vesicles and examined their physical and mechanical properties using a micropipette aspiration technique.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3618-3622 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 12 2018 |
Funding
*N. C. Gianneschi. E-mail: nathan.gianneschi@northwestern. edu. *A. D. Dinsmore. E-mail: [email protected]. *S. Thayumanavan. E-mail: [email protected]. ORCID S. Thayumanavan: 0000-0002-6475-6726 Jerry Yang: 0000-0002-8423-7376 Anthony D. Dinsmore: 0000-0002-0677-765X Nathan C. Gianneschi: 0000-0001-9945-5475 Author Contributions ⊥These authors contributed equally. Funding This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-12-1-0435) and the U.S. Army Research Office (W911NF-15-1-0568). Notes The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Materials Chemistry