Patent ID: 7683025

Claim:
A triblock bola amphiphile composition comprising: a triblock bola amphiphile and a solvent, wherein the triblock bola amphiphile comprises a lyophobic moiety capable of hydrogen bonding and having a first end and a second end; the first end of said lyophobic moiety chemically coupled to a first lyophilic head group; and the second end of said lyophobic moiety chemically coupled to a second lyophilic head group, wherein one lyophilic head group is selected from the group consisting of oligo(ethylene glycol) chains or cyclic oligo(ethylene glycols) chains and the other lyophilic head group comprises an amino acid sequence comprising hydroxyl functionalities from L-serine, charged amino or carboxylic acid groups derived from aspartic acid or lysine, or the amino acid sequence selected from glutamic acid-glutamic acid-glutamic acid and lysine-lysine-lysine.