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- The team succeeded in creating tube-like structures from self-assembled lipid membranes, known as liposomes, using nanofibers made of porphyrin J-aggregates.
- This process was reversible, meaning that the liposomes could revert back from the tubular shape when the porphyrin J-aggregates changed shape.
- Additionally, the study explored how this tubulation happens and quantified the forces that the porphyrin J-aggregates exerted during the process.
Article Abstract
We achieved tubulation of self-assembled lipid membranes, liposomes, via the interaction of supramolecular nanofibers, porphyrin J-aggregates. This structural change was reversible, and the deformation of the porphyrin J-aggregates caused reconstruction of the liposomes from the tubes. We discussed the tubulation mechanism and calculated the force provided by porphyrin J-aggregates for tubulation.
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