Probing chirality of a lipid tubular by confocal Raman microscopy.

The chiral phospholipids 1,2-bis-(10,12-tricosadiynoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DC8,9 PC) can self assemble into lipid nanotubules. This hollow cylindrical supramolecular structure shows promise in a number of biotechnological applications. The mechanism of lipid tubule formation was initiated by assembling of lipid bilayer sheets from amphiphilic solution.