Patent ID: 7517587

Claim:
A structure comprising macromolecules self-organized around carbon nanotubes, wherein said structure is essentially formed from rings of polymerized lipid compounds surrounding the carbon nanotubes, the polymerized lipid compounds comprising one chain, A, or two A chains, said one chain A or two A chains being linked to a group Z, said polymerized lipid compounds having the structure A-Z-A or A-Z, wherein: A represents a CH 3 —(CH 2 ) m —C≡C—C≡C—(CH 2 ) n — chain, wherein n and m, which are the same or different, are integers from 1 to 16; and Z represents a polar head formed by a —COOH, —CO—NH—Y, —NH 2 or N +(R) 3 group, R being a C 1 to C 4 alkyl and Y being a —(CH 2 ) 4 —C(R 1 )—N(CH 2 —COOH) 2 radical, provided that if said polymerized lipid compounds contain one chain, A, then R 1 represents H or a COOH radical, and A further represents a group of the following structure: where R 2 represents a —COOH or —CO—NH—Y 1 group, Y 1 being a —(CH 2 ) 4 —C(R 3 )—N(CH 2 —COOH) 2 radical and where R 3 represents H or a COOH radical; or Z or R 2 may also be hydrophilic or neutral polar heads.