Self-assembly of the anti-fungal polyene amphotericin B into giant helically-twisted nanotapes

Download

Preview

Text (Open Access) - Published Version
· Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.
· Please see our End User Agreement before downloading. | Preview

Available under license: Creative Commons Attribution

Advice

Please see our End User Agreement.

It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing.

Tools

Lists

Hamley, I. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0926, Kirkham, S., Kowalczyk, R. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-6530, Castelletto, V., Reza, M. and Ruokolainen, J. (2015) Self-assembly of the anti-fungal polyene amphotericin B into giant helically-twisted nanotapes. Chemical Communications, 51 (100). pp. 17680-17683. ISSN 1359-7345 doi: 10.1039/C5CC08224B

Abstract/Summary

The amphiphilic polyene amphotericin B, a powerful treatment for systemic fungal infections, is shown to exhibit a critical aggregation concentration, and to form giant helically-twisted nanostructures via self-assembly in basic aqueous solution.

Altmetric Badge

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/48786
Identification Number/DOI	10.1039/C5CC08224B
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Publisher	The Royal Society of Chemistry
Download/View statistics	View download statistics for this item

Download Statistics

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Funded Project

Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	The sponsoring bodies who contributed funding for the creation of this item. Example: NERC Example: The Royal Society of Chemistry A pick list of funders may appear as you type in the funder's name in full or as an acronym. Select a correct match to complete the field or type in a new entry in full. For new entries, the full name is preferred.
Projects:	Nanostructured Polymeric Materials for Healthcare Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L020599/1 - £1,185,824) Local Lead (PI): Ian Hamley Project Lead: Ian William Hamley 1 June 2014 - 31 May 2019	Click Add to select your project (received at Reading) from an autocomplete list.

Deposit Details

Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2015 15:32	Date item deposited into CentAUR
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2024 05:39	Date item last modified

University Staff: Request a correction | Centaur Editors: Update this record

Search Google Scholar