Solution Behavior of Amphiphilic Glycodendrimers with a Rod-Like Core

Solution Behavior of Amphiphilic Glycodendrimers with a Rod-Like Core.

Glycodendrimers based on aromatic cores have an amphiphilic character and have been reported to generate supramolecuar assemblies in water. A new group of glycodendrimers with an aromatic rod-like core were recently described as potent antagonists of DC-SIGN-mediated viral infections. A full characterization of the aggregation properties of these materials is presented here. The results show th...

Solution behavior of rod-like polyelectrolyte-surfactant aggregates polymerized from wormlike micelles.

The behavior of a rod-like, water-soluble, polyelectrolyte-surfactant aggregate system (pC16TVB) in aqueous solution is characterized to determine the partitioning of surfactant in these systems and the impact on aggregate structure. These aggregates are generated by in situ polymerization of a cationic surfactant-hydrotrope wormlike micelle system. This system differs from most other polyelect...

A Dynamic Solar Core Model: the SSM-like solution

I point out that all the arguments available in the literature against an astrophysical solution of the solar neutrino problem(s) do not exclude a yet not recognised class of solar models, in which an explosive energy source is present in the solar core besides the standard proton-proton and CNO cycle. It is shown from first principle physics that stars have a non-equilibrium energy source as w...

A Comparison of Short-Range Molecular Order in Bent-Core and Rod-Like Nematic Liquid Crystals

Unimolecular micelles of amphiphilic cyclodextrin-core star-like block copolymers for anticancer drug delivery.

Well-defined star-like amphiphilic polymers composed of a β-cyclodextrin core, from which 21 hydrophobic poly(lactic acid) arms and hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) arms are grafted sequentially, form robust and uniform unimolecular micelles that are biocompatible and efficient in the delivery of anticancer drugs.