Molecular monolayer nanotubes having 7-9 nm inner diameters covered with different inner and outer surfaces

Novel unsymmetrical bolaamphiphile, bearing glucose- and triglycine-headgroups at both ends, exclusively self-assembled into nanotubes with 7-9-nm inner diameters, which consist of a single monolayer lined by polyglycine-II-type hydrogen-bond networks among the triglycine moieties.