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ArticleRSC advances2026

Divergent self-assembly dynamics of squalene-derived bolaamphiphiles enabled by ethylene glycol-length-switchable Ostwald ripening.

Tran Ngoc Linh, Rintarou Ootani, Hirohmi Watanabe, Takashi Arimura, Hiroko Isoda, Masato Kawasaki

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Tran Ngoc LinhResearch Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 3-11-32, Kagamiyama Higashihiroshima Hiroshima 739-0046 Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8398-4791
Rintarou OotaniOpen Innovation Laboratory for Food and Medicinal Resource Engineering (FoodMed-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Laboratory of Advanced Research D, University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0006 Japan takashi-arimura@aist.go.jp.
Hirohmi WatanabeResearch Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 3-11-32, Kagamiyama Higashihiroshima Hiroshima 739-0046 Japan.
Takashi ArimuraOpen Innovation Laboratory for Food and Medicinal Resource Engineering (FoodMed-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Laboratory of Advanced Research D, University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0006 Japan takashi-arimura@aist.go.jp.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0790-4048
Hiroko IsodaOpen Innovation Laboratory for Food and Medicinal Resource Engineering (FoodMed-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Laboratory of Advanced Research D, University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0006 Japan takashi-arimura@aist.go.jp.
Masato KawasakiInstitute of Materials Structure Science, Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 1-1 Oho Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-0801 Japan.

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Abstract

Bolaamphiphiles were synthesized by introducing ethylene glycol groups at both terminal double bonds of squalene for the first time. The monolayer vesicle structures formed in aqueous media were elucidated by liquid cell and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. The morphology of the self-assembled aggregates was found to be strongly dependent on the length of the ethylene glycol group. Notably, bolaamphiphiles bearing two tetra-ethylene glycol groups formed exceptionally ultra-small monolayer vesicles with an average diameter of 10 nm, which exhibited remarkable stability for a period of 180 days. Substitution with tri-ethylene glycol groups preserves the monolayer vesicular architecture while promoting a gradual size increase from 160 nm to 1600 nm over 180 days. The growth of particle diameter was elucidated to proceed

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