Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.6, 561-563, 2011
Incorporation and Template Polymerization of Styrene in Single-walled Bilayer Membrane Nanotubes
A facile method is demonstrated for fabricating nanofibrillar polymers using single-walled lipid bilayer nanotubes as templates. The versatility of this method is emphasized by easy incorporation of monomer into nanotubes, sufficient stability of template structures during polymerization, and easy removal of template lipids.