Self−assembly of noncovalent amphiphiles

ORGN 628

Yan Liu, yan.liu@duke.edu, Jun Xu, and Stephen L. Craig, stephen.craig@duke.edu. Department of Chemistry, Duke University, P.M. Gross Chemical Lab, Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708
Amphiphiles formed by noncovalent inclusion complexes between PEG modified guest molecules and alkylated β−cyclodextrin self−assemble further into higher−ordered structures whose thermodynamics reflect that of the defining interaction.