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Enhanced interfacial properties of novel amino acid-derived surfactants: Effects of headgroup chemistry and of alkyl chain length and unsaturation by Brito, Rodrigo O., Silva, Sandra G., Fernandes, Ricardo M.F., Marques, Eduardo F., Enrique-Borges, José, do Vale, Maria Luísa C.

“…[Display omitted] ► Amino acid-derived surfactants: green amphiphiles from renewable sources. ► Synthesis of new surfactants derivatized from serine, tyrosine…”
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Spontaneous Vesicle Formation in Catanionic Mixtures of Amino Acid-Based Surfactants: Chain Length Symmetry Effects by Marques, Eduardo F, Brito, Rodrigo O, Silva, Sandra G, Rodríguez-Borges, J. Enrique, Vale, Maria Luísa do, Gomes, Paula, Araújo, Maria J, Söderman, Olle

“…The use of amino acids for the synthesis of novel surfactants with vesicle-forming properties potentially enhances the biocompatibility levels needed for a…”
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Morphology, Thermal Behavior, and Stability of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Tubules from Lysine-Based Surfactants by Brito, Rodrigo O, Oliveira, Isabel S, Araújo, Maria J, Marques, Eduardo F

“…Synthetic amino acid-based surfactants possess versatile aggregation properties and are typically more biocompatible and biodegradable than surfactants with…”
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Self-Assembly in a Catanionic Mixture with an Aminoacid-Derived Surfactant:  From Mixed Micelles to Spontaneous Vesicles by Brito, Rodrigo O, Marques, Eduardo F, Gomes, Paula, Falcão, Soraia, Söderman, Olle

“…The aqueous self-assembly of a novel lysine-derived surfactant with a gemini-like architecture, designated here as 12-Lys-12, has been experimentally…”
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Physicochemical and toxicological properties of novel amino acid-based amphiphiles and their spontaneously formed catanionic vesicles by Brito, Rodrigo O., Marques, Eduardo F., Silva, Sandra G., do Vale, Maria Luísa, Gomes, Paula, Araújo, Maria J., Rodriguez-Borges, J. Enrique, Infante, Maria Rosa, Garcia, Maria Teresa, Ribosa, Isabel, Vinardell, María Pilar, Mitjans, Montserrat

“…The design of efficient liposomal systems for drug delivery is of considerable biomedical interest. In this context, vesicles prepared from cationic/anionic…”
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Mechanisms behind the Faceting of Catanionic Vesicles by Polycations:  Chain Crystallization and Segregation by Antunes, Filipe E, Brito, Rodrigo O, Marques, Eduardo F, Lindman, Björn, Miguel, Maria

“…Vesicles composed of an anionic and a cationic surfactant, with a net negative charge, associate strongly with a hydrophobically modified polycation (LM200)…”
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Structure/Property Relationships for the Thermotropic Behavior of Lysine-Based Amphiphiles: from Hexagonal to Smectic Phases by Brito, Rodrigo O, Marques, Eduardo F, Gomes, Paula, João Araújo, Maria, Pons, Ramon

“…Amino acid-derived gemini surfactants arise as a potentially good alternative to the more conventional lipid and synthetic catanionic systems in view of their…”
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Thermotropic phase behavior of triple-chained catanionic surfactants with varying headgroup chemistry by Marques, Eduardo F., Brito, Rodrigo O., Wang, Yujie, Silva, Bruno F.B.

“…Catanionic surfactants result from the pairing of oppositely charged amphiphilic molecules, forming a new class of surfactant molecules with various…”
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Catanionic surfactant films at the air–water interface by Wang, Yujie, Pereira, Carlos M., Marques, Eduardo F., Brito, Rodrigo O., Ferreira, E.S., Silva, F.

“…A catanionic surfactant consists of paired oppositely charged surfactant ions, acting as counterions to each other. In this work, a series of catanionic…”
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Mechanisms behind the faceting of catanionic vesicles by polycations: Chain crystallization and segregation by Antunes, Filipe, Brito, Rodrigo O., Marques, Eduardo, Lindman, Björn, Miguel, Maria

“…Vesicles composed of an anionic and a cationic surfactant, with a net negative charge, associate strongly with a hydrophobically modified polycation (LM200)…”
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Straightforward Method for the Preparation of Lysine-Based Double-Chained Anionic Surfactants by Gomes, Paula, Araújo, Maria João, Marques, Eduardo F., Falcão, Soraia, Brito, Rodrigo O.

“…Double-chained surfactants with potential biocompatibility have been prepared in high yields by lysine acylation with four natural saturated fatty acids (C 6…”
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