%0 journal article
%@ 1520-6106
%A Meister, A., Drescher, S., Mey, I., Wahab, M., Graf, G., Haramus, V.M., Hause, G., Moegel, J.-J., Janshoff, A., Dobner, B., Blume, A.

%D 2008
%J The Journal of Physical Chemistry  B
%N 15
%P 4506-4511 
%R doi:10.1021/jp710119j
%T Helical Nanofibers of Self-Assembled Bipolar Phospholipids as Template for Gold Nanoparticles
%U https://doi.org/10.1021/jp710119j
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%X Bipolar phospholipids (bolalipids) represent an exciting class of amphiphilic molecules as they self-assemble in water to distinct structures of nanoscopic dimensions. Reported here are structural details of helical nanofibers, composed of achiral, symmetrical single-chain bolalipids with phosphocholine headgroups. These nanofibers are used as template for the fixation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) without prior functionalization. This realization of a metal array on bolalipid nanofibers is one of the rare examples of one-dimensional AuNP arrangements in solution. The loading and the heat of binding of AuNPs are determined applying transmission electron microscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry.