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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2002
Applicants:
Raymond C. Stevens, La Jolla, CA (US);
Quan Cheng, Riverside, CA (US);
Jie Song, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/545 (2006.01); G01N 33/547 (2006.01); G01N 33/544 (2006.01); G01N 33/92 (2006.01); G01N 21/63 (2006.01); A61K 9/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention herein provides the design, synthesis and characterization of compositions comprising asymmetric bolaamphiphilic lipids that form extended polymeric ribbons and wide sheets. These compositions may be doped, or interspersed, with various compounds to fine-tune the fluidity and rigidity of the bolaamphiphilic lipid composition, and promote other morphologies of the composition, including fluid vesicles and truncated flat sheets. Upon an increase in pH these compositions undergo a calorimetric and morphological transformation.