Abstract
Abstract : Work that was carried out under this program demonstrated that a wide variety of amphiphilic ion pairs (i.e., ion-paired amphiphiles, IPA's) can function as novel membrane-forming materials. In a broad sense, this work has significantly expanded the scope of synthetic surfactants for use in the membrane area. The demonstration that ionically-paired single chain surfactants can produce bilayer structures is particularly significant because it bridges the gap between single- and double-chain amphiphiles in terms of molecular structure-aggregation activity relationships. In addition, the finding that counterions can play a major role in defining the permeability of surfactant bilayers highlights the fact that there is considerably more room for fine-tuning the barrier properties of resulting membranes than had previously been realized. jg p.3
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