Building Units Constructed by Supramolecular Amphiphiles

Conventional amphiphiles often assemble into micellar and vesicular structures by supramolecular interactions such as hydrophilic and hydro-phobic interactions in H2O. In some cases, amphiphiles themselves are also prepared from various precursors through supramolecular interactions, e.g., host-guest interaction, and the supramolecular amphiphiles obtained then form more complicated architectures. As a matter of fact, the supramolecular dimer mentioned above is also a kind of supramolecular amphiphile. 

Adapted from Ref. 12 with permission from The Royal Society of Chemistry. 

Reproduced with permission from ref. 20. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society. 

3 Building Units Constructed from Covalently Extended Pillararenes 

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