Self-Organization of Polymeric Lipids with Hydrophilic Spacers in Side Groups and Main Chain: Investigation in Monolayers and Multilayers

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00237a025

Several polymerizable lipids were synthesized and polymerized to amphiphilic homopolymers and to copolymers with the help of hydrophilic comonomers.The self-organization of these polymeric lipids was investigated in monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers.The self-organization of these polymers in model membranes is due to hydrophilic spacer groups in the amphiphilic side groups as well as to hydrophilic spacer groups in the polymer backbone.Thus, highly ordered monolayers and LB-multilayers are easily obtained.